
2008 No. 1941
Environmental Protection
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008
Made 18th July 2008
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

These Regulations are made by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 93 to 95 of the Environment Act 1995, after consultation in accordance with section 93(2) of that Act.
As these Regulations implement Article 6(2) of Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, the Secretary of State has had regard to the matters specified in section 93(6) of the Environment Act 1995 as required by section 93(5) of that Act.

A draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 93(10) of the Environment Act 1995.
Citation, commencement and extent
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to Great Britain.
Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
2 
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 6.
3 
In paragraph (2) of regulation 23 (requirement for accreditation), for “packaging waste exported by him for reprocessing to a specified reprocessing site or sites”, substitute “an export of packaging waste for reprocessing”.
4 

(1) Regulation 24 (application for accreditation) is amended as follows.
(2) For sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), substitute—“
(ii) as an exporter, in respect of the export of one or more recyclable materials for reprocessing outside the United Kingdom;”.
(3) For sub-paragraph (2)(b), substitute—“
(b) an exporter, to issue PERNs for the export of one or more specified recyclable materials for reprocessing in one or more recovery operations outside the United Kingdom, or a combination of such operations,”.
(4) For sub-paragraph (3)(b), substitute—“
(b) where the application is made for accreditation as an exporter and relates to—
(i) one or more reprocessing sites outside the European Community, that the requirements of Article 6(2) of the Packaging Waste Directive are met in respect of each such site; or
(ii) one or more reprocessing sites outside the European Community, but it is not possible for the applicant at the time of the application to specify the site or sites to which the export of one or more specified recyclable materials for reprocessing is taking place, that the requirements of Article 6(2) of that Directive are met in respect of each such export;”.
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(1) Regulation 26 (suspension and cancellation of accreditation) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2), substitute—“
(2) Where the appropriate Agency is no longer satisfied that the requirements of Article 6(2) of the Packaging Waste Directive are met in relation to the export of one or more specified recyclable materials for reprocessing at one or more reprocessing sites outside the European Community, the appropriate Agency shall cancel the accreditation of an exporter to the extent that it relates to any such export which does not meet those requirements.”.
(3) In paragraph (3), for “to the extent that it relates to a site or sites under” substitute “pursuant to”.
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(1) Schedule 5 (conditions of accreditation) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs 1(d) and 1(e), substitute—“
(d) PERNs shall not be issued for more than the total amount of packaging waste which an accredited exporter exports for reprocessing in the year or part of the year for which he is accredited;
(e) a PERN may only be issued once the packaging waste that it relates to has been exported for reprocessing;”.
(3) For paragraph 1(r), substitute—“
(r) a PERN may only be issued in respect of packaging waste that is exported in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste.”.
Joan Ruddock
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
18th July 2008