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England and Wales 2026 environment tracker: chemicals and hazardous substances—key legislation and consultations under UK REACH, GB CLP, GB PIC, biocides, pesticides, POPs, ODS and F-gases

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This tracker brings together and summarises key new legislation and consultations in England and Wales concerning the regulation of chemicals and hazardous substances. It covers the regimes for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), Classification, Labelling and Packaging of chemicals (CLP), Prior Informed Consent (PIC), pesticides, biocides, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), ozone-depleting substances (ODS), and fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases). Following Brexit, EU rules relevant to chemicals regulation have been retained in Great Britain with amendments. In Northern Ireland, the EU regimes continue to apply under the Northern Ireland Protocol (now the Windsor Framework), except that the POPs regime is UK-wide. The following regimes apply:

  • UK REACH, see Practice Note: UK REACH: Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006—snapshot
  • GB CLP, see Practice Note: GB classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP): Retained Regulation (EC) 1272/2008—snapshot
  • GB PIC, see Practice Note: GB Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Assimilated Regulation (EU) No 649/2012—snapshot
  • GB Biocides, see Practice Note: GB controls on pesticides, plant protection products and biocides
  • GB Pesticides, see Practice Note: GB controls on pesticides, plant protection products and biocides...
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