S.L. 549.134 Art. 1Citation and scope. 

(1) The title of these regulations is the Beverage

Containers Recycling Regulations.

(2) The objective of these regulations is to enhance the circular economy by making provision for the establishment and operation of a beverage container refund scheme, enhance the collection and recycling of beverage containers, increase national recycling efforts, reduce litter and fulfil the objectives of the Act.

(3) The scope of these regulations is to transpose the provisions of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste and Article 8(2) and (4) and Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2019/

904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment with respect to beverage containers, and the provisions of these regulations, the Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging

Waste) Regulations and the Single-Use Plastic Framework Regulations shall be applied and interpreted accordingly.

(4) These regulations shall not exempt producers placing beverages in containers on the market from their obligations under the

Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations for any beverages or beverage containers or other forms of packaging that are not covered under these regulations.