UK REACH: Extending dossier submission deadlines for transitional registrations
Page summary:
Seeking views on proposals to extend the current UK REACH submission deadlines for transitional registrations.
Change made:
Added the summary of responses and government response.
Time updated:
11:00am, 22 December 2025
Sheep and goat pox in Europe
Page summary:
Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for sheep and goat pox in Europe since September 2022.
Change made:
Added the outbreak assessment for 17 December 2025.
Time updated:
11:02am, 22 December 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:
Added the Packaging producer responsibility monitoring plan 2026 to the ‘packaging’ collection.
Time updated:
1:08pm, 22 December 2025
Peste des petits ruminants in Europe
Page summary:
Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for peste des petits ruminants in Europe.
Change made:
Added an outbreak assessment: ‘22 December 2025: Peste des petits ruminants in Europe.’
Time updated:
9:45am, 23 December 2025
Inheritance tax reliefs threshold to rise to £2.5m for farmers and businesses
Page summary:
£1m Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold increased to £2.5m from April 2026 – allowing spouses or civil partners to pass on up to £5m in qualifying agricultural or business assets between them
Change made:
First published.
Time updated:
11:30am, 23 December 2025
Summary log templates for UK packaging waste
Page summary:
Templates for the summary logs that reprocessors and exporters need to produce under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Change made:
Corrected the format required for section 1, column T of the accredited exporter log. This field is not automatically calculated, it needs to be a number given to 2 decimal places.
Time updated:
4:02pm, 23 December 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 all 5 lists of businesses approved to export to the EU.
Time updated:
2:53pm, 24 December 2025
Foot and mouth disease in North Africa and the Middle East
Page summary:
Preliminary outbreak assessment of the foot and mouth disease in North Africa and the Middle East.
Change made:
We have added an outbreak assessment for foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the Middle East and Cyprus.
Time updated:
2:57pm, 24 December 2025
Avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK
Page summary:
Preliminary and updated outbreak assessments for avian influenza (bird flu) in Europe, Russia and the UK.
Change made:
Added the updated outbreak assessment for 19 December 2025: High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in Great Britain and Europe.
Time updated:
4:09pm, 24 December 2025
