S.I. No. 871/2004 - Waste Management (Packaging) (Amendment) Regulations, 2004

1. Name(s), address, telephone number, electronic mail address and fax number of the registered office or, if not a company, the principal place of business, of the producer.

2. The location of premises at which packaging or packaged products are supplied by the producer (including a premises to which article 9(2) applies).

3. The weight of packaging and packaging material received in the preceding registration period, in respect of each type of packaging material.

4. The weight of packaging waste accepted and/or collected by the producer in the preceding registration period, in respect of each type of packaging material.

5. The name and address of any producer who accepted the transfer of packaging waste from the producer concerned in the preceding registration period, and the weight of such waste so accepted by each such producer in respect of each type of packaging material.

6. Details of the recovery operators (including details of their authorised collection permits) used for the recovery of packaging waste during the preceding registration period for the purposes of articles 5(1)(a) and 9(2).

7. The weight of packaging waste -

(a) recovered by or on behalf of the producer, and

(b) accepted by recovery operators,

in respect of each type of packaging material in the preceding registration period.

8. The name and address of any producer from whom packaging waste was purchased, either directly or indirectly, for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of article 9(3) in the preceding registration period, and the weight of such purchased packaging waste by material type.

9. The weight of packaging waste disposed of or consigned for disposal by the producer in respect of each type of packaging material during the preceding registration period, and the nature of the disposal operations involved.

10. A report specifying the steps taken to comply with the Regulations in the preceding registration period.

11. A revised three year plan, having regard to experience in the preceding registration period, specifying the steps to be taken to comply with the Regulations, including the steps proposed to be taken to prevent or minimise packaging waste.”

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government this 21st day of December, 2004

L. S.

DICK ROCHE

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations, 2003 (

S.I. No. 61 of 2003

), which are aimed at promoting the recovery of packaging waste and facilitating the achievement of packaging waste recovery targets established by European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. In particular, these Regulations —

(a) increase the maximum fee applicable to major producers of packaging who register with local authorities for the purposes of fulfilling their obligations under the Regulations other than by participating in an approved scheme from €5,000 to €15,000,

(b) require major producers to publish notices, during the months of March and September each year, in one or more newspapers circulating in the functional area of the local authority in which their premises from which they supply packaging or packaged products is located of the obligation of such major producers to accept from any person free of charge packaging waste of a type or brand supplied by such major producers,

(c) require local authorities to publish notices, at least once in every calendar year, in one or more newspapers circulating in their respective functional areas publicising details of major producers of packaging who have registered with them for the purpose of fulfilling their obligations under the Regulations, including the obligation to accept from any person free of charge packaging waste of a type or brand supplied by such major producers.

12. A report specifying the steps taken to comply with the Regulations in the preceding registration period.

13. A revised three year plan, having regard to experience in the preceding registration period, specifying the steps to be taken to comply with the Regulations, including the steps proposed to be taken to prevent or minimise packaging waste.

PART 3 - Information to be compiled, maintained and submitted by registered producers [Article 12].

The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 7

,

28

,

29

and

39

of the

Waste Management Act, 1996

(No. 10 of 1996), as amended by the

Waste Management (Amendment) Act, 2001

(No. 36 of 2001) and Part 3 of the

Protection of the Environment Act, 2003

(No. 27 of 2003), hereby makes the following Regulations: -