Chemicals and Other Hazardous Substances
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| 1 | Buncefield explosion A note on the explosion and fire that occurred in December 2005 at the Buncefield oil storage depot in Hertfordshire, including details of the civil and criminal trials and the changes to the COMAH and planning regimes in response to the incident. | Practice notes | 26-Jun-2012 |
| 2 | Control of Asbestos This note explains the duties imposed on people who have either obligations under contracts or tenancies to maintain or repair non-domestic property, or control over non-domestic premises or over access to non-domestic property. From 6 April 2012 these duties are imposed by the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. The duties affect freehold owners, landlords, tenants and, in certain circumstances, licensees and managing agents. Non-domestic premises can include areas of what normally would be regarded as residential property. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | EU Batteries Directive 2006 This note provides a summary of the Batteries Directive 2006 (Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC). For details of how the Batteries Directive has been implemented in the UK, see Practice note, EU Batteries Directive: implementation in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | EU Seveso II and III Directives: implementation in England This note provides a summary of the Seveso II Directive (Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances) and Seveso III Directive (Directive 2012/18/EU on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC). It also explains how these Directives have been implemented in England, partly through the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) regime. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | GMOs: genetically modified organisms This practice note explains what genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are and provides a brief summary of how they are regulated in the EU and in England. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Hazardous waste regime This note explains the hazardous waste provisions in the: Waste Framework Directive 2008 (Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and repealing certain directives). List of Wastes (formerly the European Waste Catalogue). Implementing legislation in England and Wales, in particular, the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/894), the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/507) and the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/988). The note also sets out the key permitting and record-keeping requirements for hazardous waste. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | REACH: EU chemicals regime This practice note provides a summary of the EU chemicals regime, REACH. REACH stands for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | RoHS regime: Restrictions on Use of Hazardous Substances ... This note provides a summary of the regime restricting the use of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). The note examines the RoHS Directive 2011 (Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast)) and its implementation in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |