# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 17: Packer/fillers


(1) In these Regulations, a “packer/filler” means a person who puts goods into packaging.
(2) A packer/filler is a producer in relation to any packaging which is filled by the packer/filler if—
(a) there is no brand owner for the packaging;
(b) the brand owner is not a large producer;
(c) the only brand on the packaging relates to the packaging and not to the product contained in that packaging;
(d) the packer/filler has put a brand on the packaging to assist with distribution, otherwise than at the request of the brand owner, and there is no other brand on the packaging; or
(e) the packer/filler has added the packaging to branded packaging otherwise than at the request of the brand owner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-17
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