• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Reusable Packaging News

Pallet and reusable packaging news, resources and suppliers

Shuert Industries
  • Pallet and Container Playbook
  • Pallets 101
    • PLASTIC PALLET VENDORS
      • CORRUGATED PALLET VENDORS
    • IBC/Bulk Container Suppliers
      • PALLET PACK VENDORS
      • IBC/BULK CONTAINER GUIDE 2019
      • IBC/BULK CONTAINER POOLERS
  • Reusable Packaging 101
  • About Us
    • PRIVACY POLICY: REUSABLE PACKAGING NEWS
    • ADVERTISING & PARTNERSHIP INFORMATION
    • SUBMISSIONS
  • Español
You are here: Home / Featured Articles / Brepal Calls for Pallet Repairs to Stay Legal on ISPM-15 Compliance

Brepal Calls for Pallet Repairs to Stay Legal on ISPM-15 Compliance

September 10, 2015 By Rick LeBlanc

Logo_BREPAL-on-whiteBrepal, which regulates EPAL (European Pallet Association) business within the UK and Ireland has called for the used pallet and pallet repairing trade to ensure they stay within the law and follows ISPM 15 guidelines.

The request follows the Forestry Commission’s recent statement on ISPM 15, highlighting the need for importers and exporters to work together to comply, and the recent interventions to enforce the regulations.

Brepal CEO Paul Davidson said: “Brepal welcomes the recent advice issued by the Forestry Commission and the UK Wood Packaging Material Marketing Programme. It reminds companies repairing ISPM 15 marked wood packaging that complying with the UK regulations is simple: if repaired or remanufactured ISPM 15 marked pallets are not retreated by an authorised person then all the existing IPPC markings must be removed/obliterated. An offence is committed if this requirement is not complied with.”

He added that repairers should take a similar approach to EPAL pallets, as they are ISPM 15 compliant as standard.

“The position with regards to used EPAL pallets is similar,” he said. “EPAL have no rights over the pallet, only over the mark. If a repairer is not EPAL approved, they must simply paint out the EPAL trademark on any pallets they supply.”

“EPAL monitors its approved suppliers to ensure that both the law is obeyed in respect of ISPM 15, and the quality of EPAL pallet repairs is maintained. Users of euro pallet are strongly recommended to only buy used pallets from an EPAL approved supplier, a list of which is available from Brepal.”

Source: Brepal

Filed Under: Featured Articles

Primary Sidebar

JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER

Shuert
Orbis
CONPearl
https://reuseabletranspack.com
Schaefer
RPPContainers.com
www.filmloc.com
FreshWater-Marketing.com
SolarPowerSystems.org
Litco.com

SEARCH

Categories

Archives

COPYRIGHT © 2023 PACKAGINGREVOLUTION.NET · Log in