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NO. 29 OF 2019


(2) In this Part, “producer”, in relation to any specified packaging, means a person (A) who carries on a business of supplying regulated goods in Singapore and in furtherance of that business—

(a) imports specified packaging by importing regulated goods that have been packed into or with, or wrapped with, specified packaging; or
(b) uses specified packaging—
(i) by packing the regulated goods into or with specified packaging or wrapping the regulated goods with specified packaging;
(ii) by engaging another person to do anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) for or on behalf of A or otherwise causing anything mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);
(iii) where A supplies the regulated goods to a retailer, by providing specified packaging to the retailer that A requires the retailer to use in connection with the retailer’s supply of the regulated goods; or
(iv) where A is a retailer, by providing the specified packaging to a consumer who purchases regulated goods from A, to enable the consumer to put the regulated goods into the specified packaging,
but does not include a person who does anything mentioned in paragraph (b)(i) for or on behalf of a Singapore-connected person, or the retailer mentioned in paragraph (b)(iii).

Reporting of specified packaging imported or used

20.—(1) A producer of any specified packaging who fulfils the prescribed threshold criteria in any year (T) must, in year T+2, submit to the Agency a report relating to the specified packaging that is imported or used in year T+1.

(2) Where a producer is the franchisor of a franchise—

(a) the annual turnover of, or the quantity of specified packaging imported or used by, all franchisees of the