Chemicals regulation and EU Exit: the need for close partnerships
Summary of contents
We provided input into the House of Lords EU Exit Energy & Environment Select Committee in the form of two letters into their inquiry on ‘The Future of Chemical Management and Regulation Post EU Exit’. These two letters cover our positions on chemicals regulation as we leave the European Union.
Scientists and good science are at the heart of chemicals regulation.
We call for regulation that achieves a balance between nurturing innovation, protecting the environment and human health, and enables international trade. In particular, we call for:
- Uninterrupted and continued full participation of UK nominated scientific experts in the work of all ECHA’s scientific and technical committees and in the important scientific work of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), which underpins chemicals regulation.
- Effective and continued data sharing: to assist in harmonised decision-making for chemicals regulation.
- A future partnership in which the EU and UK work together to raise global standards for chemicals regulation.
We ask pertinent questions around data sharing, evaluation and the expert science advice mechanisms that will need to be in place going forward.