皇冠体育app Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 PIR: RPC Opinion (Green-rated)
Regulatory Policy Committee on Defra's Environmental Protection (Microbeads) (England) Regulations 2017 PIR
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皇冠体育app Department has reviewed the 2017 regulations that were introduced to prohibit the manufacture and sale of 鈥榬inse-off鈥� cosmetics and personal care products containing microbeads.
As originally submitted, the was not fit for purpose; the RPC found that the PIR did not clearly set out level of evidence to proportionately support the recommendation. 皇冠体育app Department had not provided sufficient justification of why there are the large gaps in the evidence base. 皇冠体育app RPC now considers the post-implementation review (PIR) to be fit for purpose. 皇冠体育app recommendation to keep the ban is now supported by proportionate evidence and analysis given the relatively low-level of estimated impacts of the measure. 皇冠体育app PIR provides a relatively light-touch assessment of impacts on business and achievement of policy objectives, although this draws upon, for example, survey evidence. 皇冠体育app assessment is reasonable overall and sufficient to support the recommendation, although the PIR could have been improved by more robust monitoring and evaluation