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2023 No. 729

Environmental Protection

The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Made

at 9.30 a.m. on 29th June 2023

Laid before Parliament

at 4.30 p.m. on 29th June 2023

Coming into force

4th July 2023

The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2A, 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast)( 1 ):

Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 4th July 2023.

(2) These regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

2. —(1) Part A of Annex 1 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention) is amended as follows.

(2) In the entry for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds, in the 4th column, in point 5(c), for “4 July 2023” substitute “3 December 2025” .

Rebecca Pow

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

At 9.30 a.m. on 29th June 2023

( 1 )

EUR 2019/1021, amended by EUR 2020/784 and S.I. 2020/1358 and S.I. 2022/1293 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant. Consent of the Welsh Ministers and the Scottish Ministers was obtained as required by article 2A.

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The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (2023/729)

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