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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-282/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/282",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-282",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Directive 2002/72/EC shall apply.\n2. The following definitions shall also apply:\n(a) ‘recycling process’ means a process in which plastic waste is recycled pursuant to the definition of recycling in point 7 of Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste; for the purpose of this Regulation, this term is limited to processes, in which a recycled plastic is produced;\n(b) ‘plastic input’ means collected and sorted post-use plastic materials and articles used as input into a recycling process;\n(c) ‘product loops which are in a closed and controlled chain’ means manufacture and distribution cycles in which products circulate with a controlled reuse and distribution system, and in which the recycled material originates only from these entities in the chain, so that the unintentional introduction of external material is just the minimum technically feasible;\n(d) ‘challenge test’ means a demonstration of the effectiveness of a recycling process to remove chemical contamination from plastic materials or articles;\n(e) ‘converter’ means the natural or legal person responsible for ensuring that the requirements of this Regulation, as regards the recycled plastic materials and articles are met within the business under their control;\n(f) ‘recycler’ means the natural or legal person responsible for ensuring that the requirements of this Regulation, as regards the recycling process are met within the business under their control.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/282/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:21.160378+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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