SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, is advising stakeholders that the United Kingdom is currently holding a consultation over proposed revisions to its Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation.
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has launched a consultation on proposals to update retained Regulation (EU) 2019/2012, as amended by:
- POPs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020/1358
- POPs (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022/1293
The consultation will run from March 2, 2023, to April 27, 2023.
These proposals relate to:
- Changes to the Stockholm Convention
- Review of the POPs Regulation held in 2022
- Scientific or technical progress
Proposed changes to Annex I of the POPs Regulation include:
- Removing existing specific exemptions for four POPs:
- Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds
- Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS)
- Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs, alkanes C10-C13 chloro)
- Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE, bis(pentabromophenyl) ether)
- Adding unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) exemptions for at least two POPs (hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and pentachlorophenol (PCP))
- Deleting and/or amending existing UTC exemptions for PFOA
Addition amendments include:
- Adding perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds to Annex I of the POPs Regulation
- Including Dechlorane Plus (DP), Methoxychlor and UV-328 through forthcoming or future legislative updates without further public consultation if they are adopted at a future Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention
Following Brexit, these proposed revisions will, if adopted, apply to England, Wales and Scotland.
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