Bill Longley-Cook, Author at Simplifi Solutions

27th November 2020

HSE provide post Brexit guidance

HSE remind businesses that they can find guidance on preparation for the end of The UK Transition Period, 1st January, on the HSE webpages. For the chemical industry:

For guidance on the use of biocides – https://www.hse.gov.uk/brexit/biocides.htmFor guidance on chemicals classification, labelling and packaging (CLP) – https://www.hse.gov.uk/brexit/clp.htmFor the guidance on the export and import of hazardous chemicals (PIC) – https://www.hse.gov.uk/brexit/pic.htmFor guidance on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation – https://www.hse.gov.uk/brexit/reach-guidance.htmFor guidance on the use pesticides – https://www.hse.gov.uk/brexit/regulating-pesticides.htm

25th November 2020

WSI 2020/1339

WSI 2020/1339. The Waste (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Coming into force on IP implementation day. Makes minor amendments to WSI 2019/414 Waste (Wales) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 revokes certain minor provisions in the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 which will cease to function effectively after IP completion.

25th November 2020

SI 2020/1336

SI 2020/1336. The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) (England) Amendment Regulations 2020. Comes into force 1st January 2021. These Regulations amend SI 2007/ 871 The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007. These Regulations replace the EU recovery and recycling targets with recycling targets on producers. They also vary recycling targets for paper, aluminium, steel and wood as well as the specific re-melt target for glass. The recycling allocation for small producers for 2018 to 2020 is changed for 2021 and 2022.

24th November 2020

November news letter

Dear Simplifi User,

We are pleased to inform you, that we have introduced additional options within the legislation compliance area. Clicking the new “Register Options” button on the legal register homepage will provide you with the ability to choose which compliance scoring options you wish to utilise or hide. This will provide you with the facility to tailor the compliance scoring area to your organisation’s specific requirements.

In our November newsletter we report on new legislation covering energy storage and health, COVID-19, protection. We also note amendments to energy, environmental and health protection, merchant shipping and waste legislation. We respond to a question about the revocation n of the CHIP (SI 2009/716) Regulations. Other aspects we hope you may find to be of interest include a review of the concept of competence and a note on changes to conformity assessments following Brexit. There are three new consultations and a prosecution.