Persistent Organic Pollutants – POPs Regulation

The POPs Regulation bans or restricts the use of persistent organic pollutants in both chemical Products and articles. POPs substances have particularly serious health and environmental properties.

You will find the latest consolidated version of the POPs Regulation from 2026-09-30 below. Consolidation means that the original legal act and all subsequent amendments and corrections have been brought together in a single document.

Amendments and corrections

The following amendment of the POPs regulation is not yet included in the latest consolidated version of the regulation:

Regulation (EU) 2026/2382 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2026 amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EC) No 1272/2008, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) 2019/1021 and (EU) 2021/697 as regards defence readiness and facilitating defence investments and conditions for defence industry. External link.

The amendment means that the Commission and Member States shall take interests of the defence sector into account. Furthermore, Member States may make exemptions for the protection of sensitive information relating to defence interests from their annual reporting obligations.

Find legal acts in EUR-lex

All legal acts are published in the Official Journal of the European Union in EUR-Lex, the online portal to EU law.

The basic Regulation and all amendments and corrections to the POPs Regulation are available in EUR-lex. External link.