{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-regulations-2024/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348264005",
  "legislation_title": "The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to Annex 5",
  "text": "(1) The first table in Part 2 of Annex 5 (Wastes and operations to which Article 7(4)(b) applies) is amended as follows.\n(2) In the first column (Wastes as classified in Decision 2000/532/EC)—\n(a) after the entry for “10 01 Wastes from power stations and other combustion plants (except 19)”, insert as a new row and in the appropriate sub-columns—\n“\n10 01 03\nFly ash from peat and untreated wood\n”;\n(b) after the entry for “17 05 03* Soil and stones containing hazardous substances”, insert as a new row and in the appropriate sub-columns—\n“\n17 05 04\nSoil and stones other than those mentioned in 17 05 03*\n”.\n(3) In the second column (Maximum concentration limits of substances listed in Annex 4)—\n(a) for “Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether C12H6Br4O), pentabromodiphenyl ether (C12H5Br5O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C12H4Br6O)and heptabromodiphenyl ether (C12H3Br7O)” substitute “Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether (C12H6Br4O), pentabromodiphenyl ether (C12H5Br5O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C12H4Br6O), heptabromodiphenyl ether (C12H3Br7O) and decabromodiphenyl ether (C12Br10O)”;\n(b) after “Toxaphene: 5 000 mg/kg”, insert—\n“;\nSum of the concentrations of Pentachlorophenol, its salts, and its esters: 1000 mg/kg;\nDicofol: 5000 mg/kg;\nPerfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1): 50 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFOA and its salts, 2000 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFOA-related compounds;\nPerfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1): 50 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS and its salts, 2000 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS-related compounds”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348264005/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:40:39.860322+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}