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Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Form for packing centres to apply for approval to pack eggs.
If pharmacies wish to ‘pack down’ larger packs of a medicinal product, they need to follow these instructions
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
Check when packaging is classified as a finished plastic packaging component, and what is meant by substantial modifications, to find out if you must register for the tax.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
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