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# The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 605
Environmental Protection
The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025
Made
at 11.37 a.m. on 20th May 2025
Laid before Parliament
at 4.30 p.m. on 20th May 2025
Coming into force
21st May 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (“the POPs Regulation”).
The Scottish Ministers and the Welsh Ministers have consented to the Secretary of State making these Regulations, in accordance with Article 2A of the POPs Regulation.

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

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.

## 2 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 {#regulation-2}

(1) The table in Part A of Annex 1 (Substances listed in the Convention and in the Protocol as well as substances listed only in the Convention) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) is amended as follows.
(2) Omit the entries for—
(a) Dechlorane Plus;
(b) UV-328.