Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations - Quick Start Guide

This guide is addressed to those involved in the placing of packaged goods on the market and the enforcement authorities.The main requirement of the regulations is that no person who is responsible for packing or filling products into packaging or importing packed or filled packaging into the United Kingdom, may place that packaging on the market unless that packaging fulfils the Essential Requirements and is within the heavy metal concentration limits. The document can be downloaded in full from the link above.