Regulation 32 Power to amend the watch list of substances

(1)

The appropriate authority may, by regulations, amend the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-Wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(2)

The provision which may be made under paragraph (1) is provision—

(a)

adding a substance to or removing a substance from column 1 of the table;

(b)

amending any of columns 2 to 5;

(c)

inserting or amending a footnote to the table, or omitting such a footnote.

(3)

A substance may only be added to column 1 if the appropriate authority considers that, taking into account new or emerging robust scientific evidence, the available data suggest that the substance may pose a threat to, or via, the aquatic environment in the British Islands or in the rest of Europe.