# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 4: Producers: transitional reporting obligations for 2025 data


(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies if the date on which regulations 34 to 36 come into force (“the commencement date”) is after 1st January 2025.
(2) Where a producer does not have sufficient data to report in accordance with regulation 35 or 36, as applicable to that producer, for the period beginning with 1st January 2025 and ending immediately before the commencement date (“the pre-commencement period”), the producer—
(a) is not required to submit a report which includes information for the pre-commencement period; but
(b) must submit a report in accordance with regulation 35 or 36, as applicable—
(i) for the period from the commencement date to 30th June 2025, in the case of information which, but for this paragraph, the producer would be required to report for a period of 6 months beginning on 1st January 2025;
(ii) for the period from the commencement date to 31st December 2025, in the case of information which, but for this paragraph, the producer would be required to report for a period of 12 months beginning on 1st January 2025.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/schedule/15/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-15/paragraph-4
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