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BOSS Today #57

We’d like to hear directly from you n 22.22 Manufacture of plastic December 2024, you can continue to use
about your experience of payment packing goods the CE marking. After the 31st December
practices to inform a potential response n 22.29 Manufacture of other plastic 2024 you must use the UKCA marking
on behalf of the industry, and help us products when placing most manufactured
to assess the likely effectiveness of products on the GB market.
the Government’s proposals. So, if you More details will be announced on how to Until 2027, UKCA marking and importer
are currently struggling to get prompt apply to the ETII Scheme and we will keep information on products from EEA
payment, or if you are finding you are you posted in our lobbying updates. countries (and in some cases Switzerland)
having to accept long payment terms, Read our interview with BOSS Energy can be provided on accompanying
please let Carys know at Partner Inceco on pages 14 & 15 for an documents or sticky labels. This is an
carys@bossfederation.co.uk update on trends. additional 2-year extension before the
UKCA and importer information need
to be included directly on a product.
The date for this was previously 31st
December 2025.
Businesses will still need to take
action to ensure they comply with
importer responsibilities if they’re
Energy Bill Discount Scheme placing a product on the GB market from
The Government published details of its Extended Producer outside the UK and importer labelling
new energy scheme for businesses on Responsibility (EPR) update requirements apply to all products being
the 9th January. In short, the Energy Bill There has been concern across the placed on the GB market not just those
Relief Scheme (EBRS) for businesses – board that the Department for the that require a CE/UKCA mark.
which comes to an end on 31 March – will Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
be replaced by an Energy Bill Discount is not ready for the introduction of Please click below for further
Scheme (EBDS) which will run from 1 April new EPR requirements on businesses. information:
2023 until 31 March 2024. Businesses affected should have started n Businesses to be given UK product
If you’ve been receiving discounts under collecting the required data on 1 January marking flexibility
the EBRS you will be eligible for the EBDS 2023, with this collection becoming n Placing manufactured products on
and will not have to take any action. If the mandatory next month and registering the market in Great Britain
minimum threshold for wholesale energy and reporting starting in July. For more
prices is met, discounts will be applied info, check out the section on EPR in our
(although they will be lower than under partner BPIF’s Environmental Road Map.
the EBRS). Official DEFRA webinars have been
If you carry out any of the following disappointing, with lots of unknowns
types of work, you may be eligible for a remaining about how it will all work.
higher level of support under Energy and Due to the significant gaps in guidance
Trade Intensive Industries (ETII) Scheme. from Defra, BOSS/BPIF are not able to
The SIC codes that have been identified provide guidance on specific matters at Get in touch with BOSS’s Public
to fall into this category relevant to our this stage. However, we invite members Affairs Adviser, Carys Davis, at
industry are: to lodge queries at the EPR Helpdesk on carys@bossfederation.co.uk
eprhelp@bpif.org.uk. We will endeavour
n 17.11 Manufacture of pulp to resolve these on behalf of our
n 17.12 Manufacture of paper and industry.
paperboard
n 17.21 Manufacture of corrugated paper
and paperboard and of containers of
paper and paperboard
n 17.22 Manufacture of household and
sanitary goods and of toilet requisites
n 17.23 Manufacture of paper stationery Deadline extensions for UKCA
n 22.22 plastic packing goods mark and product labelling
n 17.29 Manufacture of other articles of The deadline for when businesses need
paper or paperboard to starting using the UKCA marking has
n 22.19 Manufacturer of other rubber been extended, from the end of December
products (other = not tyres) 2022 to 31st December 2024. So, until 31

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