Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 717 of 2005). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision England Document type Regulation Date 2005 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste non-domestic sources Waste prevention Packaging/labelling Recycling/reuse Waste management Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Entry into force notes Comes into force on 7 April 2005. Abstract Regulation 2 amends the 1997 Regulations to allow reprocessors and exporters to apply for and the Environment Agency to grant accreditation at any time throughout the year. Paragraph (2) amends regulation 21B. Sub-paragraph (a) removes the requirement for a person to have applied for accreditation as a reprocessor or exporter by 30 September in the year preceding the year in which he is applying to be accredited. Sub-paragraph (b) removes the requirement for the relevant Agency to have notified the applicant of its decision by the 30 November, although the requirement to notify in writing remains. Sub-paragraph (c) is amended so that where accreditation is granted in the preceding year to that to which the application relates, it takes effect from the 1st January and in all other cases, from the date of the decision. Accreditations subsist until the 31st December. Paragraph (3) makes consequential amendments to Schedule 2A. 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 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997. Legislation | United Kingdom | 1997 Keyword: Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Registration, Certification, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 3468 of 2005). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2005 Keyword: Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Registration, Certification, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX