UK Consults on Amendments to POPs Regulation, Including Five New Substances
Mar-19-2026
On 18 March 2026, the UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) launched an 8-week consultation on the draft Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) Regulations 2026. This would amend Regulation...
Read MoreUK Restricts Hexyl Salicylate and Prohibits CMR Substances in Cosmetics
Mar-19-2026
The UK Government has published The Cosmetic Products Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2026, introducing new restrictions on the use of...
Read MoreHSE Opens Consultation on 15 SVHCs for Candidate List Following New Strategic Approach
Mar-12-2026
On 10 March 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE), acting as the Agency for the UK Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (UK REACH) Regulation, opened a six-week...
Read MoreUK Introduces REACH Restriction on Lead in Ammunition
Mar-09-2026
On 2 March 2026, the United Kingdom adopted the REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/195), introducing new restrictions on lead and its compounds in ammunition under entry 63 of Annex XVII...
Read MoreUK Proposes Legislative Changes to GB CLP, Biocides and PIC Regulations
On 26 February 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced draft legislation proposing amendments to several chemical regulations in Great Britain. These include the Classification, Labelling and Packaging (GB...
Read MoreUK Updates Approach to the UK REACH Candidate List of SVHCs
Feb-26-2026
On 24 February 2026, the UK government published a new policy paper outlining its updated approach to the UK REACH Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs). This new...
Read MoreUK HSE Publishes Consultation Response on Chemicals Legislative Reform
Feb-19-2026
On 12 February 2026, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published its response to the 2025 consultation on proposed reforms to Great Britain’s chemicals legislation. The consultation, which ran from 23...
Read MoreUK Publishes PFAS Plan Setting Direction for Future Controls
Feb-05-2026
On 3 February 2026, the UK government published its first dedicated PFAS plan, setting out a cross-government framework for managing the risks posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) throughout their...
Read MoreUK Notifies WTO of Proposed Mandatory Classification and Labelling for 60 Hazardous Substances
Jan-27-2026
On 26 January 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of a proposal to amend Great Britain’s mandatory classification and labelling (GB MCL) list...
Read MoreUK Amends Cosmetic Products Regulation to Restrict Additional Chemical Substances
Jan-23-2026
On 12 January 2026, the UK government made the Cosmetic Products Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 (Restriction of Chemical Substances) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 (SI 2026/23). The regulations were laid...
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