# The Detergents (Amendment) Regulations 2016, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Detergents Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”) to reflect the changes made by EU Regulation (EU) No 259/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in consumer laundry detergents and consumer automatic dishwasher detergents (OJ No L 94, 30.3.2012, p.16).
Regulation 2(2) and (4) inserts references to consumer automatic dishwasher detergents in regulation 7 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 2010 Regulations so that the placing on the market of such detergents containing phosphates is an offence, and identifying the enforcement authority.
Regulation 2(3) makes a correction to regulation 26 of the 2010 Regulations.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the public sector is available from the Water Quality Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1165/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/detergents-amendment-regulations-2016/note
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