Jurisdiction: Great Britain
Commencement: 1st April 2025
Amends: Assimilated Regulation 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants
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Amendment
Maximum permitted waste concentration limits are added in Annex V for:
- the sum of the concentrations of pentachlorophenol, its salts, and its esters (1000 mg/kg);
- dicofol (5000 mg/kg);
- perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (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); and
- perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds (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).
Annex IV (List of substances subject to waste management provisions set out in Article 7) is updated with reduced concentration limits permitted for tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether. Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters and Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds are also added to the list.
The list of wastes and operations which the Environment Agency, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and Natural Resources Wales may exempt from standard disposal and recovery is expanded to include:
- fly ash from peat and untreated wood; and
- soil and stones other than those mentioned in 17 05 03.
Annex I is updated to remain consistent with the list of substances set out in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, with changes made in relation to:
- hexachlorobenzene;
- pentachlorophenol; and
- perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
New substances are also added to Annex I. These are:
- dechlorane plus;
- methoxychlor; and
- UV-238.
This amendment comes into force on 1st April 2025.