PRNs only could be issued by an accredited waste recycler or exporters, these two types of accredited parties will receive 1 PRN for every ton of packaging waste when they handle or export for reprocessing targets.
Who is eligible to apply for accreditation?
UK presence with a UK address is a necessary condition for receiving your business correspondence and communications.

Necessary conditions:

A.recover or recycle materials from UK sourced packaging waste
B.export packaging waste from UK sourced to accredited reprocessors for recovery or recycling

All of the packaging waste should either be reprocessed into a new product and need no further processing or the packaging waste becomes “the end of waste “ status.

 Charges for accreditation

 UK reprocessors must pay to apply for accreditation for each site. Exporters must pay to apply for accreditation for each company.
The charges vary from the weight of ePRNs and ePERNs. Reprocessors or exporters plan to issue for UK packaging waste they want to recycle or export in the compliance year.
There are two grades:
1. Small accredited reprocessor or exporter: charge £505 for issuing 400 tonnes or less of ePRNs or ePERNs
2. large reprocessor or exporter: Charge £2,616 for issuing more than 400 tonnes of ePRNs or ePERNs
Exporters can export packaging waste to their foreign reprocessing sites. They can export to other reprocessing sites, but they need to add them once accredited.

For each batch of extra overseas sites added, exporters must pay £85 for first overseas reprocessor and £35 for each additional site.

If an accredited reprocessor or exporter applied only for the small accredited grade but then issue ePRNs or ePERNs for more than 400 tonnes during the compliance year, they will have to pay the balance of £2,111 within 28 days of issuing the ePRN or ePERN to become accredited large reprocessor or exporter.

If an accredited small reprocessor or exporter does not pay the additional fee to become a large reprocessor or exporter, the additional evidence they issue will not be regarded as valid.

Their small accreditation may be suspended or canceled. The related regulating agency will check this when they assess a future accreditation applications for these reprocessor or exporter