Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. No. 276 of 2014)

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2014 No. 276 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 Made - - - - 6th November 2014 Coming into operation 28th November 2014 The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(1) and Article 4(1)(b), (c) and (d) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(1). The Department makes the following Regulations— (a) after consultation in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; (b) having regard to the matters in Article 3(6) as required by Article 3(5) of that Order (subject to the modifications required through the exercise of the powers in Article 3(4));and (c) in accordance with the duty in Article 3(7) of that Order. Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 28th November 2014. Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 2. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007)(2) are amended in accordance with regulation 3. Amendment of Schedule 2 (recovery and recycling obligations) 3. (1) Schedule 2 is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 6, for the row relating to glass in Table 2 (recycling targets) substitute— (1) S.I. 1998/1762 (N.I. 16) (2) S.R. 2007/198 as amended by S.R. 2008/77, S.R. 2008/373, S.R. 2010/396 and S.R. 2013/262 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1998/1762 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/198 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/77 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2008/373 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2010/396 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2013/262 Document Generated: 2014-11-11 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 2 “Glass 81 81 75 76 77 77”. (3) In paragraph 6A, for Table 2A substitute— “Table 2A: Recycling by re-melt targets for glass Year Percentage 2013 63 2014 65 2015 66 2016 67 2017 67”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 6th November 2014. Wesley Shannon A senior officer of the Department of the Environment Document Generated: 2014-11-11 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/198) (the “2007 Regulations”). The 2007 Regulations impose on producers the obligation to recover and recycle packaging waste in order to attain the recovery and recycling targets set out in Article 6(1) of Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJNo. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10), as last amended by Directive 2013/2/EU (OJ No. L 37, 8.2.2013, p.10-12). These Regulations change the recycling and the recycling by re-melt targets for glass for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. A full impact assessment, which shows the anticipated cost of compliance to businesses and the voluntary sector in respect of these Regulations, is available at www.gov.uk/defra. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2007/198 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/european/directive/1994/0062 http://www.gov.uk/defra