Detergents Regulations 2010 SI740
Domestic Regulation is necessary to implement a ban on inorganic phosphates in domestic laundry cleaning products (DLCPs), setting out the process for handling derogation applications and to provide for enforcement measures - including criminal penalties for breach of Regulation 648/2004.
From 1 January 2015 it will be an offence to market a DLCP containing more than 0.4% of its weight of inorganic phosphate.
Implementation has been delayed to give the detergents industry time to switch to detergents which meet the new requirements and change marketing and packaging
