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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/GBR/92

Notification No.

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Date of Notification

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Title

The Environmental Protection (Wet Wipes Containing Plastic) (Scotland) Regulations 2024

Objective

Protection of human health or safety (TBT); Protection of animal or plant life or health (TBT); Protection of the environment (TBT)

Product Covered

Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or suntan preparations; manicure or pedicure products. (CCCN 3304990000)Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading 3401. (HS 3402)Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers). (HS 3808)

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HSCODE

3304 - Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin, incl. sunscreen or suntan preparations (excl. medicaments); manicure or pedicure preparations; 3402 - Organic surface-active agents (excl. soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations, incl. auxiliary washing preparations, and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap (excl. those of heading 3401); 3808 - Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up for retail sale or as preparations or articles, e.g. sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers

ICSCODE

65.100 - Pesticides and other agrochemicals; 71.100.40 - Surface active agents; 83.140 - Rubber and plastics products; 97.170 - Body care equipment

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Description

These regulations propose to introduce a ban on the supply and sale of wet wipes containing plastic. There will be exemptions for wet wipes intended for medical and industrial uses, and for business-to-business sales. The legislation provides a transition period of 18-months for businesses to make necessary adjustments. Under these regulations “plastic” means a material consisting of polymer as defined in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified.A “wet wipe” is defined as a non-woven piece of fabric which has been soaked and stored in liquid and which is not designed or intended to be re-used, including but not limited to baby wipes, cosmetic wipes, moist toilet tissues, personal hygiene wipes and wipe-based cleaning products.These regulations will apply in Scotland. England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (the other nations of the UK) will introduce their own legislation of the same intent and scope to ban wet wipes containing plastic in each of their respective nations.

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