# The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 1998, Regulation 8: Concentration levels of heavy metals present in packaging


On or after 30th June 1999, no person who is a responsible person shall place on the market packaging if the sum of the concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium either in the packaging or in any of its packaging components, exceeds 250 ppm.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1165/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/packaging-essential-requirements-regulations-1998/regulation-8
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