Paragraph 4 Reports of information for a reporting period ending on 31st December 2025: other transitional provisions

(1)

This paragraph applies in relation to a report by a large producer under regulation 35 of the 2024 Regulations for a period of 6 months or 12 months ending on 31st December 2025 (in this paragraph, “the relevant reporting period”).

(2)

For the purpose of reporting the weights of packaging, or of a description of packaging, that a producer has supplied in the relevant reporting period in the fibre-based composite material and the paper or board packaging categories, the producer may at its election treat those packaging categories as having—

(a)

the meanings given in regulation 7(5A) as inserted by these Regulations; or

(b)

the meanings which they had under the 2024 Regulations before they were amended by these Regulations.

(3)

For the purpose of reporting weights of relevant packaging waste under paragraph 12 of Schedule 4 for the relevant reporting period, a producer must—

(a)

treat ‘relevant packaging waste’ as having the meaning given in regulation 34(4) as amended by these Regulations; and

(b)

subject to paragraph 2(6) of this Schedule, report that data in accordance with paragraph 12(1) of Schedule 4 as amended by these Regulations.