UKwsi/2002/813Enacted

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Jurisdiction:: United Kingdom
Type:: EPR
Last action:: Jan 1, 2002

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Obligations under this law

·Achieve a recovery target of 59% for packaging waste for 2002 and any subsequent year (increased from 56%)
·Achieve a recycling target of 19% for packaging waste for 2002 and any subsequent year (increased from 18%)

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Amendment to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 that increases recovery targets from 56% to 59% and recycling targets from 18% to 19% for 2002 onwards, strengthening EPR obligations on producers in Wales.

Covered Products

·packaging waste

Producer Obligations

·Achieve a recovery target of 59% for packaging waste for 2002 and any subsequent year (increased from 56%)
·Achieve a recycling target of 19% for packaging waste for 2002 and any subsequent year (increased from 18%)

Key Deadlines

Jan 1, 2002compliance: New recovery target of 59% applies from the year 2002 onwards (for any year subsequent to 2001)

Jan 1, 2002compliance: New recycling target of 19% applies from the year 2002 onwards (for any year subsequent to 2001)

Preemption Notes

These Regulations apply to Wales only, amending the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 as they apply in Wales. Producers operating across England and Wales should note that Wales-specific targets may differ from those applicable in England.

Compliance Dimensions

Collection / Recovery Targets59% packaging waste (recovery) by 2002; 19% packaging waste (recycling) by 2002

“in paragraph 4, for "and (c) for any subsequent year, 56%.", substitute "(c) for the year 2001, 56%; and (d) for any subsequent year, 59%.". in paragraph 5, for "and (c) for any subsequent year, 18%.", substitute "(c) for the year 2001, 18%; and (d) for any subsequent year, 19%."”

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Citation commencement and application

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These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2002 and come into force on 22nd March 2002.

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These Regulations apply to Wales.

Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997

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Schedule 2 (recovery and recycling obligations) to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 is amended as follows—

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in paragraph 4, for “and (c) for any subsequent year, 56%.”, substitute “(c) for the year 2001, 56%; and (d) for any subsequent year, 59%.”.

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in paragraph 5, for “and (c) for any subsequent year, 18%.”, substitute “(c) for the year 2001, 18%; and (d) for any subsequent year, 19%.”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998

Dafydd Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

21st March 2002

(This note is not part of the Regulation)

The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 (“the Principal Regulations”) impose on producers obligations to recover and recycle packaging waste, and related obligations.

These Regulations amend the recovery and recycling targets in Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations for 2002 onwards. These targets are used to calculate recovery and recycling obligations. Regulation 2(2) increases the target for recovery from 56% to 59% and regulation 2(3) increases the target for recycling from 18% to 19%.

1995 c. 25 ; see section 93(8) for the definitions of “ prescribed ” and “ regulations ”.

The powers of the Secretary of State, insofar as exercisable in relation to Wales, have been transferred to the National Assembly for Wales; see Article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 ( S.I. 1999/672 ).

S.I. 1997/648 , amended by S.I. 1999/1361 , S.I. 1999/3447 and S.I. 2000/3375 .

1998 c. 38 .

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