Brexit dominates the proposed programme of government set out in the June 2017 Queen’s Speech, with eight proposed Brexit-related Bills due to be considered in the period of less than two years before the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union in March 2019.
BREXIT AND THE ENVIRONMENT
BREXIT AND CHEMICALS REGULATION
The chemicals industry in the UK represents about 9% of the industry within the European Union, with trade flows each way exceeding Euros 20 billion each year.
The key legislation governing the chemicals industry in the EU is the REACH chemicals Regulation, which is supervised by the European Chemicals Agency, ECHA, in Helsinki, Finland. REACH requires the Registration of most chemical substances through ECHA.