Regulation 24 Labelling of deposit items and scheme multipacks

(1)

A scheme supplier must not supply a deposit item unless the deposit item carries—

(a)

the required item logo, and

(b)

a scheme return code,

regardless of whether the deposit item is or is intended to be supplied to scheme consumers in a multipack.

(2)

A scheme supplier must not supply a scheme multipack unless it carries the required packaging logo (if any).

(3)

But paragraph (2) does not apply where—

(a)

the deposit management organisation first issues a scheme packaging logo after 1st October 2027, and

(b)

the scheme multipack was first made available for supply in the scheme area before the date specified for the purposes of regulation 55 (4) in relation to that logo.

(4)

For the purposes of this regulation—

(a)

the required item logo in relation to a deposit item is—

(i)

the scheme logo, or

(ii)

if the deposit item was produced or imported before the date specified for the purposes of regulation 55 (4) in relation to the scheme logo, the logo issued for the purposes of regulation 55 when the deposit item was produced or imported;

(b)

the required packaging logo in relation to a scheme multipack is—

(i)

the scheme packaging logo, or

(ii)

if the scheme multipack was first made available for supply in the scheme area before the date specified for the purposes of regulation 55 (4) in relation to the scheme packaging logo, the logo issued for the purposes of regulation 55 when the scheme multipack was first made available for supply in the scheme area.