Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 1492 of 2006). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Packaging/labelling Toxicity/poisoning Food quality control/food safety Waste disposal Waste management Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 by: modifying the definition of packaging to reflect the wording in Directive 2004/12/EC; and (b) removing the date of expiry of the derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in the 1994 Directive, which was set by Commission Decision 2001/171/EC, in accordance with Decision 2006/340/EC prolonging the validity of conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to those levels. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Legislation | European Union | 2004 Keyword: Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amends Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 1941 of 2003). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2003 Keyword: Waste disposal, Packaging/labelling, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX