{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020/regulation-26",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348212921",
  "legislation_title": "The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-eu-exit-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Amendments to Annex 1",
  "text": "(1) Annex 1 is amended as follows.\n(2) The Table in Part A is amended in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (10).\n(3) In the entry for tetrabromodiphenyl ether C12H6Br4O, in the fourth column—\n(a) in point 2, for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;\n(b) in point 3, for “Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council” substitute “the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012”.\n(4) In the entry for pentabromodiphenyl ether C12H5Br5O, in the fourth column—\n(a) in point 2, for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;\n(b) in point 3, for “Directive 2011/65/EU” substitute “the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012”.\n(5) In the entry for hexabromodiphenyl ether C12H4Br6O, in the fourth column—\n(a) in point 2, for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;\n(b) in point 3, for “Directive 2011/65/EU” substitute “the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012”.\n(6) In the entry for heptabromodiphenyl ether C12H3Br7O, in the fourth column—\n(a) in point 2, for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”;\n(b) in point 3, for “Directive 2011/65/EU” substitute “the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012”.\n(7) In the entry for bis(pentabromophenyl) ether (decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE), in the fourth column—\n(a) in point 2, for “Commission” substitute “Secretary of State”;\n(b) omit point 3;\n(c) in point 6, for “Union provisions” substitute “retained EU law”.\n(8) In the entry for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) C8F17SO2X, in the fourth column, in point 4—\n(a) in the first paragraph, for “Member States report to the Commission” substitute “the competent authority reports to the appropriate authority”;\n(b) in the second paragraph (beginning “Where such a derogation concerns”)—\n(i) for “Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council” substitute “the Permitting Regulations”;\n(ii) omit the words from “described” to “Directive 2008/1/EC”;\n(c) in the third paragraph, for “Commission” substitute “appropriate authority”.\n(9) In the entry for polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB), in the fourth column—\n(a) in the first paragraph, for “Directive 96/59/EC” substitute “the PCB Regulations”;\n(b) in the second paragraph, for “Member States” substitute “The appropriate authority”.\n(10) In the entry for hexabromocyclododecane, in the fourth column—\n(a) in paragraph 1, omit “, subject to review by the Commission by 22 March 2019”;\n(b) in paragraph 3, for “Union provisions” substitute “retained EU law”.\n(11) In the endnotes—\n(a) omit endnote (1);\n(b) in endnote (3), omit “(OJ L 79, 19.3.2008, p. 1)”;\n(c) omit endnote (4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/3032, amended by S.I. 2014/1771, 2018/942, 2019/188 (amendments pending), 2019/492."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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