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6 May 2025
22 May 2025
Noise Emission In the Environment By Equipment For Use Outdoors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025

These regulations amend the Noise Emission in the Environment by Equipment for use Outdoors Regulations 2001 in Northern Ireland only.

Rules on equipment for use outdoors are updated to reflect changes to EU rules since Brexit. Northern Ireland remains subject to EU rules on products.

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16 April 2025
Environment Act 2021 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2025

These regulations brought further sections of the Environment Act 2021 into force in Wales.

The Welsh Ministers now publish and maintain lists of authorised fuels and exempted fireplaces authorised for use in smoke control areas. New legislation is no longer required to update these lists.

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20 May 2025
Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

These regulations amend the Official Controls (Extension of Transitional Periods) Regulations 2021.

The amending regulations delay full import checks on qualifying plants, plant products and certain other objects arriving at designated West Cost Ports, where these goods arose from the EU, Liechtenstein or Switzerland. This delay is to operate until 31 January 2027.

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31 December 2025
Directive (EU) 2025/794 amending Directives (EU) 2022/2464 and (EU) 2024/1760 as regards the dates from which Member States are to apply Certain Corporate Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Requirements

Directive (EU) 2025/794 amended the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) (EU) 2022/2464 and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) (EU) 2024/1760.

Deadlines for mandatory corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence obligations will be deferred. EU Member States are required to transpose these changes into national law by 31 December 2025. 

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01 April 2025
Finance Act 2025

This Act includes financial policies relevant to the environment.

Updated rates of the climate change levy are set for 1 April 2026 onwards. Increased rates of the landfill tax, plastic packaging tax and aggregates tax are applied from 1 April 2025.

The Act also includes powers to prepare for the introduction of a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (UK CBAM) from 2027.

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09 May 2025
Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025

These regulations will amend the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 and Energy Information Regulations 2011. The amendments align the Northern Irish version of these regulations with updated EU Ecodesign and energy labelling requirements.

Updated Ecodesign requirements will apply to equipment including household tumble dryers, space heaters, smartphones, mobile phones, cordless phones and slate tablets.

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31 December 2025
Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025

This order will reintroduce onshore wind generating stations to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) regime in England.

The capacity threshold determining whether an onshore wind or solar project constitutes an NSIP will also be set at 100 MW. Onshore solar projects currently constitute NSIPs where these have a capacity of 50 MW or greater.

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28 March 2025
Regulation (EU) 2025/486 laying down rules for the application of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation (EU) 2023/956 regards the conditions and procedures related to the status of authorised CBAM declarant

This EU Regulation sets out rules for the application, assessment, reassessment and administration of authorised EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism declarants (CBAM declarants).

This supports the introduction of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM). The EU CBAM is currently in the transitional phase, with the full regime operating from 2026.

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