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Regulation 2 makes technical updating amendments to the Environment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 by substituting new references for the repealed Council Directive 96/61/EC.

Regulation 3 makes amendments to The Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, by inserting an updated reference to Directive 2008/98/EC.

Regulation 4 implements those articles of the European Union Directive on Cleaner Air for Europe (Directive 2008/50/EC, O.J. No. L152, 11.6.2008, p.1), which set out differing treatment and actions relating to exceedances when these are due to natural factors (see Article 20), or to winter-sanding or salting of roads (see Article 21).

Further information on these Regulations is available from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Klondyke Building, 1 Cromac Avenue, Gasworks Business Park, Belfast, BT7 2JA.