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Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is reminding businesses about obligations to report packaging data under the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Packaging regulations.

The deadlines for obligated organisations to submit their packaging data have now passed and we advise you to check whether you are obligated under the new scheme and if so, to submit your data with immediate effect.

Click here to see the key information producers need to submit packaging data. A dedicated helpline, 0300 060 0002, is available to support businesses through the process.

 

Border Target Operating Model (BTOM)

The BTOM continues the phased approach of biosecurity controls to the import regime of plants and plant products and introduces a new risk-based approach to border controls.

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