Brexit may put some chemicals out of GB’s Reach
Industry fears divergence of UK and EU regulations could spell disaster for trade
As the difficult Brexit negotiations enter crunch time, we still don’t know whether the UK government will strike an eleventh-hour deal with the EU and, if so, what this deal will look like. But we do know for certain that after 1 January Britain will no longer participate in the EU’s Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) regulations.