Policy paper

UK REACH: rationale for priorities

An explanation of the rationale used to prioritise substances for potential regulatory action under UK REACH.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, The Scottish Government and Welsh Government
• Published: 15 February 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Rationale for prioritising substances in the UK REACH work programme: 2023 to 2024

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Details

This document sets out the rationale used by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Scottish and Welsh Governments (the appropriate authorities) to identify priorities for regulatory action under the UK REACH work programme for the 2023 to 2024 financial year.

It provides:

• a rationale for each of the agreed priorities for regulatory action in 2023 to 2024
• the reasons why other proposals were not adopted as priorities for the 2023 to 2024 programme

The appropriate authorities have consulted with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Environment Agency and other stakeholders to set the priorities for the annual UK REACH work programme.

Previous years

Read about the rationale for priorities under UK REACH in 2022 to 2023 on the National Archives.

Published 15 February 2024