After 1 January 2025*, EU/EEA packs that are exported into the UKNI market are to be decommissioned by the selling entity to the status ‘Exported’ when the packs leave the EU/EEA. The derogation** currently in place from the requirement to decommission from export UK single market packs or joint UK packs with Ireland, Malta or Cyprus being sent to the UK will expire on 31 December 2024.

* The date is subject to the relevant written guarantees from the UK being in place.

**Final paragraph of Article 22 of Commission Delegated Regulation on Safety Features (EU) 2016/161 as inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/315