# The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2025, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (EUR 2019/1021, “the POPs Regulation”).
The POPs Regulation was amended by the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/296). Regulation 2 amends provisions in Annex 1 to the POPs Regulation concerning Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 that were inserted by S.I. 2025/296.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument and S.I. 2025/296 together 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/297/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/persistent-organic-pollutants-amendment-no-2-regulations-2025/note
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