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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
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(1) Part A of Annex 1 to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention) is amended as follows.
(2) At the end, insert as a new row—“
Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds.‘Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds’ means the following:(i) perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), including branched isomers;(ii) its salts;(iii) any substance that contains the chemical moiety C6F13SO2- as one of its structural elements and that potentially degrades to PFHxS. 355-46-4 and others 206-587-1 and others For the purposes of this entry, Article 4(1)(b) applies in each of the following cases:(a) where the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS and any of its salts present in a substance, mixture or article is equal to or below 0.025 mg/kg (0.0000025% by weight);(b) where the sum of the concentrations of any PFHxS-related compounds present in a substance, mixture or article is equal to or below 1 mg/kg (0.0001% by weight);(c) where the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS, any of its salts, and any PFHxS-related compounds present in concentrated fire-fighting foam mixtures that are to be used or are used in the production of other fire-fighting foam mixtures is equal to or below 0.1 mg/kg (0.00001% by weight).”
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
15th November 2023