Regulation 88 Conditions of registration and annual charge

(1)

A registration granted to a reprocessor or an exporter is subject to the conditions that the reprocessor or exporter (“RE”) must—

(a)

operate in accordance with the sampling and inspection plan approved by the appropriate agency under regulation 87(3)(c);

(b)

provide any information reasonably requested by the appropriate agency with regard to the obligation referred to in sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

inform the appropriate agency in writing of—

(i)

any change in RE’s circumstances which relates to the registration and, where RE is a partnership, any change of partners; and

(ii)

any material change in the information provided in accordance with regulation 85(4)(b) or 86(4)(b),

within 28 days of the occurrence of any such change;

(d)

provide records and reports to the appropriate agency as required by regulation 91;

(e)

pay any charges due to the appropriate agency under these Regulations;

(f)

give notice to the appropriate agency in writing that RE wishes to cancel the registration where RE has ceased, or intends to cease by the end of the year in which the notice is given—

(i)

in the case of a reprocessor, to recycle the category of packaging waste to which the registration relates at the reprocessing site to which the registration relates;

(ii)

in the case of an exporter, to export for recycling the category of packaging waste to which the registration relates;

(g)

continue to hold, and comply with, all relevant authorisations;

(h)

comply, where applicable, with—

(i)

the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007^f1;

(ii)

Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste^f2; and

(iii)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply^f3;

(i)

inform the appropriate agency as soon as reasonably practicable if RE becomes aware that a circumstance in Schedule 2 has happened or is about to happen to it.

(2)

RE must, in relation to each registration that it holds, pay the annual charge in paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 to the appropriate agency no later than 30th September in each year after the year in which the registration is granted, unless RE has given notice to the appropriate agency under paragraph (1)(f) that it wishes the registration to be cancelled at or before the end of that year.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2007/1711; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/9, 2014/861 and 2019/590.
f2: EUR 2006/1013, amended by S.I. 2019/473, 590, 2020/1455, 2021/785.
f3: EUR 1418/2007, amended by S.I. 2019/590 and 2021/785.