On August 27, 2026, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued a notice announcing significant updates to the chemicals list under the GB Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation. The new rules officially took effect on August 28, 2026.

On August 7, 2026, the United Kingdom submitted a notification (G/TBT/N/GBR/125) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, announcing proposed amendments to the Great Britain (GB) Mandatory Classification and Labelling List (GB MCL List). The revisions would introduce new or updated mandatory classification and labelling requirements for 20 chemical substances, including Bisphenol F, Tebuconazole, Tea Tree Oil, and Eugenol. CIRS Group provides the following analysis based on the notification content.

On 16 July 2026, the UK government formally announced a further extension of the UK REACH transitional registration deadlines.

On July 21, 2026, UK HSE published its agency opinion on the restriction proposal for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams.

On June 29, 2026, the UK's Department for Business and Trade submitted a notification (G/TBT/N/GBR/123) to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, announcing a proposed amendment to the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 that would permit the use of cobalt in specific toy components under strictly limited conditions.

The deadline for submitting comments is 20 August 2026.

On June 15, 2026, the HSE added 15 substances/substance groups of very high concern (SVHCs) to the UK REACH Candidate List.

EU and GB biocides regulations have extended key deadlines and data protection periods. Here's what the changes mean for compliance and market access.

On 21 May 2026, the UK brought into force the Chemicals (Health and Safety) (Amendment, Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Regulations, amending the GB CLP Regulation.

On March 30, 2026, the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) published the government response to the consultation on the UK REACH Alternative Transitional Registration Model (ATRm), announcing the cancellation of the originally planned requirement for companies to submit additional use and exposure information.