# The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024, Regulation 11: Exempt packaging

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Packaging is exempt packaging in relation to a producer (“P”), for the purposes of these Regulations, where the packaging is—
(a) reused packaging, other than reused packaging imported into the United Kingdom;
(b) any packaging exported from the United Kingdom by P including packaging exported through an agent acting on P’s behalf or which to P’s reasonable knowledge is otherwise exported from the United Kingdom, other than any packaging exported from the United Kingdom to a marine installation;
(c) packaging which—
(i) is a deposit item for the purposes of a relevant deposit scheme; or
(ii) would be a deposit item for the purposes of a relevant deposit scheme, but for a low volume line exemption.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
“low volume line exemption” means an exemption from being a deposit item, specified in regulations for the purposes of a relevant deposit scheme, which applies where the number of items of a particular description does not exceed a threshold specified in those regulations;
“marine installation” means any artificial island, installation or structure at sea, other than a vessel.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1332/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/producer-responsibility-obligations-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulations-2024/regulation-11
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.