Lords criticise post-Brexit regulation plans
Current lack of preparedness risks ‘cliff-edge’ on exit day, committee warns
A House of Lords report has urged the UK government to clarify how it will handle chemical registrations after Brexit or risk a ‘trading hiatus’ and loss of access to 16,000 substances.
The report - Brexit: chemical regulation - follows an inquiry into the implications of Brexit for the UK’s continued participation in the EU regulation on registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (Reach), held by a House of Lords sub-committee in July.