# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 27: Conditions applying to exporters


(1) An exporter may only issue a PERN in relation to packaging waste if—
(a) the packaging waste—
(i) is of a category for which the exporter has an accreditation at the time of its export; and
(ii) has been exported for recycling at an overseas reprocessing site specified in that accreditation;
(b) the packaging waste has been exported in accordance with the legislation referred to in regulation 88(1)(h);
(c) the exporter—
(i) is the legal owner of the packaging waste at the point of export; or
(ii) the exporter has transferred legal ownership of the packaging waste to the person responsible for the operation of the overseas reprocessing site to which the waste is exported, and that person is its legal owner at the point of export;
(d) the exporter has evidence that the packaging waste has been received at the overseas reprocessing site, and of the tonnage of packaging waste received;
(e) the exporter has up-to-date information that the recycling operations taking place at the overseas reprocessing site take place under conditions that are broadly equivalent to requirements applicable to reprocessing sites in the United Kingdom.
(2) An exporter must not issue a PERN for more than the recyclable proportion, as calculated in accordance with paragraph 22, of packaging waste which meets the conditions in sub-paragraph (1).
(3) An exporter must ensure that any PERN it issues which relates to packaging waste received at an overseas reprocessing site for recycling in December of a year specifies that fact.
(4) An exporter must not, in relation to a category of packaging waste, issue PERNs for more packaging waste than the upper limit of the tonnage band for which the exporter is accredited.
(5) An exporter who exports packaging waste to an overseas reprocessing site via an interim site which handles the waste before the waste is sent on to its final destination at an overseas reprocessing site—
(a) must, before exporting packaging waste to an interim site, provide to the appropriate agency in such manner as the appropriate agency specifies—
(i) the name and address of the interim site; and
(ii) an email address and telephone number of the operator of the site;
(b) may only issue PERNs for the weight of packaging waste received for recycling at the overseas reprocessing site.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264654/schedule/8/paragraph/27 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/schedule-8/paragraph-27
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