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The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I PRELIMINARY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and revocation

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II APPLICATION

    1. 3.Packaging

    2. 4.Excluded packaging

  4. PART III GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

    1. 5.General duty relating to the placing on the market of packaging

    2. 6.Concentration levels of regulated metals present in packaging

    3. 7.Requirement for technical documentation

  5. PART IV ENFORCEMENT

    1. 8.Enforcement Authority

    2. 9.Offences

    3. 10.Penalties

    4. 11.Defence of due diligence

    5. 12.Liability of persons other than the principal offender

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE I

      (Annex II of the Directive)

      1. 1.Requirements specific to the manufacturing and composition of packaging Packaging...

      2. 2.Requirements specific to reusable packaging The following requirements must be...

      3. 3.Requirements specific to the recoverable nature of packaging

    2. SCHEDULE II

      REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR PLASTIC CRATES AND PALLETS FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)

      1. 1.(a) The plastic crate or plastic pallet shall be, or...

      2. 2.(a) The plastic crate or plastic pallet shall be introduced...

    3. SCHEDULE III

      REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPTION FOR GLASS PACKAGING FROM HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION LEVELS SPECIFIED IN REGULATION 6(1)

      1. 1.(a) No regulated metals shall be intentionally introduced during the...

      2. 2.(a) The manufacturer or his authorised representative, or, where neither...

    4. SCHEDULE IV

      ENFORCEMENT

      1. 1.It shall be the duty of the following authorities to...

      2. 2.For the purposes of providing for the enforcement of these...

      3. 3.Nothing in this Schedule shall authorise any enforcement authority to...

      4. 4.An enforcement authority shall, whenever the Secretary of State so...

  7. Explanatory Note

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