Find a professional to certify export health certificates Page summary: A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier. Change made: Updated the list of professionals who can certify export health certificates in England and Wales. Time updated: 1:37pm, 9 January 2025 Export…
Ben KempJanuary 17, 2025
Businesses approved to export to the EU Page summary: Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved to export to the EU and find out what your TRACES number is. Change made: Updated the lists of businesses approved to export to the EU. Time updated: 4:37pm, 10 January 2025
Ben KempJanuary 17, 2025
Apply for active substance renewal by the deadlines to keep products on the GB market 29 March 2025 Glutaral (glutaraldehyde) (CAS 111-30-8 EC 203-856-5) in product types 2, 3, 4, 6, 11 and 12 27 December 2025 Biphenyl-2-ol (CAS 90-43-7 EC 201-993-5) in product types 1, 2, 4, 6 and 13 Mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (EINECS 247-500-7) and 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (EINECS 220-239-6)…
Ben KempJanuary 16, 2025
The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 These Regulations impose requirements on producers of packaging who are established in the United Kingdom. They require producers to register with the appropriate agency, to collect and report data in relation to packaging they supply, and to assess the recyclability of packaging they supply. They also require certain producers…
Ben KempJanuary 16, 2025
Producer responsibility regulations Page summary: Producer responsibility laws in the UK cover packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), batteries and end of life vehicles (ELVs). Change made: Updated the ‘packaging’ section to remove the link to older guidance on producer responsibility and add a link to the new guidance ‘Extended producer responsibility for packaging: recycling obligations and waste disposal fees’.…
Ben KempJanuary 9, 2025
Dear members, The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations 2024 has been published 16th December 2024. Medical Device Packaging including IVDs is in scope for device where packaging waste is going to end up in household waste i.e. self-test IVDs. The legislation replaces the previous packaging and packaging waste regulations and associated compliance schemes. The new legislation includes…
Ben KempJanuary 8, 2025
Find a professional to certify export health certificates Page summary: A list of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that inspect and certify animals and animal products for export. The list does not include every certifier. Change made: Updated the list of professionals who can certify export health certificates in England and Wales. Time updated: 1:35pm, 20 December 2024 General…
Ben KempJanuary 8, 2025
This article applies to all four administrations The Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) was published by Defra and the pEPR Scheme Administrator today. This methodology will enable large packaging producers to assess the recyclability of their packaging and produce a red/amber/green output which will inform the level of fee modulation payable for that material from…
Ben KempJanuary 8, 2025