Packaging and Paper Products Brand Owners

Packaging & Paper Products

Packaging and Paper Products - Brand Owners

According to the Designated Materials Regulation 2008-54, all brand owners who wish to sell, offer for sale or distribute packaging or paper to a person in the Province must register with Recycle NB.

REGULATION 2008-54 defines a brand owner as a person who:

(i) is a manufacturer of packaging or paper,
(ii) is a distributor of packaging or paper,
(iii) is an owner or licensee of a registered or unregistered trademark under which packaging or paper is sold, offered for sale or distributed, or
(iv) if packaging or paper is imported into the Province, is the first person to sell the packaging or paper.

The requirements of this Regulation do not apply in the following circumstances:

(a) the brand owner generates less than two million dollars in gross annual revenue in the Province;

(b) the brand owner manufactures, distributes, sells or offers for sale less than one tonne of packaging and paper annually in the Province; or

In the case of a franchise agreement, the requirements of this Regulation do not apply to a person who is a franchisee.

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