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3.—(1) Subject to regulations 4 and 5, these Regulations apply to any packaging.
(2) Nothing in these Regulations with regard to packaging shall affect the application of existing quality requirements for packaging, including those regarding safety, the protection of health and hygiene of the packed products, existing transport requirements or the provisions of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste(1).
4. These Regulations shall not apply to packaging which was used for a given product prior to 31st December 1994.
5. These Regulations shall not apply to packaging manufactured on or before 31st December 1994, placed on the market in the Community on or before 31st December 1999 and which complies with any health and safety requirements or any other Act or enactment with which it would have been required to comply for it to be lawfully placed on the market in the United Kingdom on 31st December 1994.
O.J. No. L377, 31.12.91, p. 20.
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