Department for International Trade: EU Law

(asked on 18th April 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.


Answered by
Greg Hands Portrait
Greg Hands
Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 27th April 2018

As a result of EU obligations, the department has made nine statutory instruments since the referendum and currently anticipates that we will make another ten instruments, to implement EU obligations between now and the end of 2019.

These nineteen instruments fall into two groups: regulations to implement export controls and regulations to ratify trade agreements which the EU will conclude while the UK remains a member.

As yet, no estimate has been made of the cost of each regulation. This is either because i) the regulations are not due to come into force until 2019 or ii) the impact of the regulations is minimal and therefore, no assessment is required.

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