Consultation on potential amendments to the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation 2023

We are seeking your views on a number of proposed changes to the retained Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 as amended by the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 and the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022) (“POPs Regulation”). Some of the presented options and potential amendments to the POPs Regulation are related to recent additions or amendments to the UN’s Stockholm Convention on POPs which the UK, as Party to the Convention, must implement at a national level. Other options are being considered following recent reviews of the POPs Regulation, in response to scientific or technical progress, and/or to generate further evidence to inform future policy positions and potential responses to upcoming and future amendments to the UN’s Stockholm Convention on POPs. This consultation was launched on 2 March 2023 and closes on 27 April 2023.