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2025 No. 605
Environmental Protection
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025
Made
at 11.37 a.m. on 20th May 2025
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 20th May 2025
Coming into force
21st May 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (“the POPs Regulation”)(1).
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations, in accordance with Article 2A of the POPs Regulation.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
2.—(1) The table in Part A of Annex 1 (Substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit the entries for—
(a)Dechlorane Plus(2);
(b)UV-328(3).
Emma Hardy
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
At 11.37 a.m. on 20th May 2025
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (EUR 2019/1021, “the POPs Regulation”).
Regulation 2 amends provisions in Annex 1 to the POPs Regulation so as to remove the entries concerning Dechlorane Plus and UV-328.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from www.legislation.gov.uk, and from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.
(1)
EUR 2019/1021, amended by S.I. 2020/1358, S.I. 2025/296 and 297; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.
(2)
The entry for Dechlorane Plus was inserted by regulation 3(5) of S.I. 2025/296 and amended by regulation 2(2) of S.I. 2025/297.
(3)
The entry for UV-328 was inserted by regulation 3(5) of S.I. 2025/296 and amended by regulation 2(3) of S.I. 2025/297.
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