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皇冠体育app Business Secretary Sajid Javid and the Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss have agreed that the Environmental Regulation team will transfer from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on 1 April 2016 under a Machinery of Government change. 皇冠体育app team will transfer into the Defra Environmental Quality Directorate. A written ministerial statement was published today (24 March 2016), detailing the change.

皇冠体育app Environmental Regulation team has policy responsibility for a range of waste and product-related EU-derived regulations that have either Single Market or producer responsibility objectives. 皇冠体育appir responsibilities include:

• upholding the UK鈥檚 domestic Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) system including running the distributor takeback scheme
• regulating producers (vehicle manufacturers and importers) and Authorised Treatment Facilities for the UK鈥檚 end of life vehicles (ELV) system
• policy development and monitoring for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS)
• policy development for the substance restrictions (Essential Requirements) related to packaging
• the placing on the market for all batteries and accumulators and the waste disposal regime for automotive and industrial batteries

皇冠体育app team also has policy responsibility for the enforcement of these regulations through contracts held with the Environment Agency, the National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) and trading standards departments in local authorities.

With much of the legislation and related work split between the 2 departments, transferring the team and resource from BIS to Defra will enable, and ensure, greater coordination of government policy and the combined regulatory responsibilities.

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皇冠体育app list of relevant legislation that will be transferred from BIS to Defra Ministers as a consequence of this Machinery of Government change is:

皇冠体育app Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008 No. 2164)

皇冠体育app Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market)(Amendment) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012 No. 1139)

皇冠体育app Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market)(Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 63)

皇冠体育app End-of-Life Vehicles Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2635)

皇冠体育app End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005 No. 263)

皇冠体育app End-of-Life Vehicles (Producer Responsibility)(Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010 No. 1095)

皇冠体育app End-of-Life Vehicles (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010 No. 1094)

皇冠体育app Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1640)

皇冠体育app Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2012 (SI 2012 No. 3032)

皇冠体育app Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 (SI 2009 No. 890) 皇冠体育app Waste Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1935)

皇冠体育app Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (SI 2013 No. 3113)

皇冠体育app Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014 No. 1771)

皇冠体育app Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 1968)