Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 1504 of 2009). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 2009 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 so as to remove the expiry date for the derogation from the maximum heavy metal concentration levels for plastic crates or plastic pallets in regulation 6(3)(a). By doing so, they implement Commission Decision 2009/292/EC establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on packaging and packaging waste. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation 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