Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations, 2007 (S.I. No. 798 of 2007).

These Regulations promote the recovery and recycling of packaging waste. Its provisions concern achievement of the targets for the recovery of packaging waste established by Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste as amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/12/EC.
The Regulations impose obligations on producers who supply packaging to the Irish market. The Regulations provide that a producer may not supply packaging or packaged products to the Irish market unless the packaging complies with specified essential requirements as to its nature and composition. Major producers who participate in a packaging waste recovery scheme operated by an approved body, may benefit from certain exemptions from obligations.
In addition, the Regulations provide for limits on the concentration levels of certain heavy metals in packaging.