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Packaging (Essential Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 2212 of 2013).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
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 They implement Article 1 and the Annex of Commission Directive 2013/2/EU, which amends Annex I of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on packaging and packaging waste. The Regulations amend the definition of “packaging”, which contains a reference to Schedule V to the principal Regulations and substitute Schedule V. Schedule V set outs the revised list of illustrative examples of packaging stated in the Annex of the 2013 Directive.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Commission Directive 2013/2/EU amending Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste.

Legislation | European Union | 2013

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