Directive (EU) 2025/2456 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 amending Directive 2011/65/EU as regards the reattribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency

Published Replacement EU Act

This law is a published replacement EU law: Article 13(3a) applies and the Stormont Brake could be used under certain circumstances. Read more about the procedure for new and amending/replacement EU laws and how they apply in Northern Ireland.

The table below sets out the main procedural steps and the work of the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC) in relation to this act.

Category	Published Replacement EU Act
Procedure	Article 13(3)
EU law	Directive (EU) 2025/2456 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 amending Directive 2011/65/EU as regards the reattribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency [External link]
UK Government assessment and further information	UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the published EU Act - 6 January 2026 (PDF, 5 pages, 128KB) Information considered by the Democratic Scrutiny Committee
Date of publication in the Official Journal of the EU 2-month scrutiny period starts	12/12/2025
Date of notification to the Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC)	02/01/2026
Deadline for DSC decision on an inquiry	09/01/2026
Decision to hold an inquiry	At its meeting on 8 January 2026, the Committee decided not to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act.
Deadline for publication of DSC Report	N/A
DSC report	N/A
Stormont Brake notification deadline	29/01/2026
Stormont Brake notification to the Speaker	No notification received
Consideration by UK Government (UKG)	N/A
UKG notification to European Commission	N/A
End of two-month scrutiny period	12/02/2026