2015 No. 1640 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION - …

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2015 No. 1640 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The packaging ( essential requirements ) regulations 2015 Made - - - - 1st September 2015 Laid before Parliament 4th September 2015 Coming into force - - 1st October 2015 The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(a) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b) in relation to the management of packaging and packaging waste. The Secretary of State makes these regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. PART 1 Preliminary Citation and commencement 1. These regulations may be cited as the packaging ( essential requirements ) regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st October 2015 . Interpretation 2. (1) In these regulations the Directive means the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(c); the 1987 Act means the Consumer PROTECTION Act 1987(d); the Commission means the Commission of the European Union; energy recovery means the use of combustible packaging waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of the heat; enforcement authority has the meaning set out in regulation 7; essential requirements means the essential requirements in Annex II of the Directive and which are set out in Sch

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2015 No. 1640 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 Made - - - - 1st September 2015

Loading..

Tags:

  Requirements, Regulations, Packaging, 2015, Essential, Essential requirements, Regulations 2015

Information

Related search queries