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Reception Date
28.07.17
Category
ENVIRONMENT
Packaging
Ministries & Departments
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Responsible Departments
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Products & Services concerned
The regulations concern rinse-off personal care products containing microbeads.
Related EU Law
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We are proposing to introduce legislation to ban the manufacture and sale of "rinse-off" cosmetics and personal care products containing microbeads on the grounds that they cause harm to living species in the marine environment.
The regulations prohibit the use of microbeads as an ingredient in the manufacture of rinse-off personal care products and the sale of any such products containing microbeads (both as defined in Section 6 above). Breach of a prohibition is an offence.
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| Organisation | Comments | Date | Total Contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClientEarth | Not published | 2017-10-30 | 1 |
| CTPA | Not published | 2017-09-15 | 1 |
| Henkel Ltd. | Download | 2017-09-25 | 1 |
| On behalf of the UK Microbead Coalition | Download | 2017-10-30 | 1 |
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