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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation_title": "The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
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  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made in exercise of the power conferred by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (“the POPs Regulation”).\nRegulation 3(2) makes amendments to the entries for Tetrabromodiphenyl ether, Pentabromodiphenyl ether, Hexabromodiphenyl ether, Heptabromodiphenyl ether and Bis(pentabromophenyl) ether (decabromodiphenyl ether; decaBDE) in Annex 1 to the POPs Regulation.\nRegulation 3(3) makes amendments to the entry for Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) in Annex 1 to the POPs Regulation.\nRegulation 3(4) adapts Annex 1 to the POPs Regulation to the following changes to the list of substances set out in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (“the Convention”) ratified by the United Kingdom on 17th January 2005 (Cm 6581):\n(a) decisions SC-11/10 and 11/11, adopted at the 11th Conference of the Parties and notified to parties to the Convention under the Depository Notification C.N.77.2024.TREATIES-XXVII.15 of 26 February 2024; and\n(b) decisions SC-12/9, 12/10, 12/12 and 12/14, adopted at the 12th Conference of the Parties and notified to parties to the Convention under the Depository Notifications C.N.542.2025.TREATIES-XXVII.15 of 9th October 2025 and C.N.672.2025.TREATIES-XXVII.15 of 16th December 2025.\nA full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available from www.legislation.gov.uk, and from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.",
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