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Article 1 Subject matter and scope

United Kingdom

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1.

This Regulation shall apply to the plastic materials and articles and parts thereof intended to come into contact with foodstuffs as referred to in Article 1 of Directive 2002/72/EC which contain recycled plastic (hereafter ‘recycled plastic materials and articles’).

2.

This Regulation shall not apply to the following recycled plastic materials and articles, provided that they have been manufactured according to good manufacturing practice, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006:

(a)

recycled plastic materials and articles made with monomers and starting substances, derived from chemical depolymerization of plastic materials and articles;

(b)

recycled plastic materials and articles made from unused plastic production offcuts and/or process scraps in compliance with Directive 2002/72/EC, that are recycled within the manufacturing site or are used at another site;

(c)

recycled plastic materials and articles in which the recycled plastic is used behind a plastic functional barrier, as specified in Directive 2002/72/EC.

3.

The plastic materials and articles that fall within the scope of this Regulation remain subject to Directive 2002/72/EC.