http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2001/171/article/2Commission Decision of 19 February 2001 establishing the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(2001) 398) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/171/EC)Commission Decision of 19 February 2001 establishing the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(2001) 398) (Text with EEA relevance) (2001/171/EC)King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02001D0171-20060512texttext/xmlen2025-04-23Expert Participation2025-02-27

Article 2

For the purposes of this Decision:

the definitions as set out in Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC shall apply,

‘intentionally introduced’ shall mean ‘deliberately utilised in the formulation of a packaging or a packaging component where its continued presence is desired in the final packaging or packaging component to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality’; the use of recycled materials as feedstock for the manufacture of new packaging materials, where some portion of the recycled materials may contain amounts of regulated metals, is not be considered as intentionally introduced.