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What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
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.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
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 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 ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Find out which standards and regulations apply to your product and how to make sure you follow the right procedures.
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Check what processes are considered as insufficient production under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
For manufacturers and distributors of intermediate and final feedingstuffs containing a medicinal premix or specified feed additives.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the Northern Ireland market.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
What you need to do if you manufacture or import tobacco products in the UK.
How to apply for an authorisation to manufacture authorised veterinary medicines or medicines marketed under the Exemptions for small pet animals.
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