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# The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2023 No. 729
Environmental Protection
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
at 9.30 a.m. on 29th June 2023
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 29th June 2023
Coming into force
4th July 2023
The Secretary of State, with the consent of the Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 2A, 15(1) and 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast):

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 4th July 2023.
(2) These regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

## 2 Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 {#regulation-2}

(1) Part A of Annex 1 of 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) In the entry for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds, in the 4th column, in point 5(c), for “4 July 2023” substitute “3 December 2025”.