Title and commencement

1.  These Regulations-

(a)may be cited as the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 2014;

(b)come into force on 24th November 2014.

Amendment of the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

2.  (1)  Schedule 2 (recovery and recycling obligations) to the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 6, for the row relating to glass in Table 2 (recycling targets) substitute-

(3) In paragraph 6A, for Table 2A substitute-

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007 ("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 (OJ No. L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10, as last amended by Commission 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 of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available at www.gov.uk/defra and is annexed to the Explanatory Memorandum which is available alongside the instrument at www.legislation.gov.uk.