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A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
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.
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 UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
Find out if you can zero rate VAT if you sell, lease or hire out a freight container for export from the UK.
How food shops, manufacturers, and distributors must dispose of or handle former foodstuffs or food waste.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
From 1 October 2024, more materials facilities will need to sample and report their waste. Sampling and reporting will be more detailed and more frequent under the amended regulations.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
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