EU export

DEFRA held a webinar on Fees as Drivers of Packaging Choices on 13 December. The slides from the webinar can be found here. There is the potential to involve a huge amount of work for producers and DEFRA are considering questions around how this would work in practice. They acknowledge they need support in order to make it work effectively.…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Government reforms set to spark greater reuse and recycling of electrical goods Page summary: Government will make it easier for people and businesses to reuse and recycle their old electrical goods Change made: First published. Electrical waste: reforming the producer responsibility system Page summary: Seeking views on reforms to increase…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Unlimited penalties introduced for those who pollute environment Page summary: Barclay: Unlimited financial penalties for environmental offences will mean ‘polluters always pay’. Change made: First published. Businesses approved to export to the EU Page summary: Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Countries Great Britain will accept validated PDF GB health certificates from Page summary: Whether Great Britain has agreements in place to accept validated PDF GB health certificates from EU member states, Norway and Iceland, either through TRACES or using another system. Change made: First published. Businesses approved to export to…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Request for information on substances proposed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 2023 Page summary: Requesting information for a draft risk management evaluation for chlorpyrifos, a substance proposed as a POP to the UN’s POPs Review Committee. Change made: Updated to reflect that this request for information has now closed. Extended…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Consistency in household and business recycling in England Page summary: Seeking views on our plans to increase the consistency in materials collected for recycling in England. Change made: Further to the update of 25 October 2023, no further errors were found within the ‘Summary of consultation responses’ report. The Executive…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. 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.

DEFRA have provided the following information on future assessment criteria for Modulating Fees and the packaging information needs of all parties involved in the end-to-end production of goods: Over 100 people from a wide range of interest groups took part in a Modulated Fees visioning event held on 24 October 2023, including representatives from the Welsh Government, trade associations, North…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. UK REACH: alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) Page summary: Outlines our plans for an alternative transitional registration model (ATRm) for UK REACH. Change made: First published. Businesses approved to export to the EU Page summary: Check if your business in Great Britain or one of the Crown Dependencies is approved…

Please note this is an extract of the original bulletin. Environmental principles duty comes into force Page summary: Under the duty set out in the Environment Act 2021, ministers and policy makers must consider the environmental impact of new policies. Change made: First published. Assessing environmental impact Page summary: Guidance for policy officials in government to identify and assess the…