LoginEU withdrawal: It's the final countdown
Trading standards needs to stay watchful as the clock ticks down on Brexit
Posted 15 January 2018 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Opinion|Legal and Policy|National
OPINION: With Brexit approaching, this piece considers what withdrawal from the EU could mean for consumer protection, regulatory alignment and Trading Standards, warning that legal certainty may prove harder than political slogans suggest.
Four hundred and seventy-three days and nine hours; that’s the countdown to our departure from the EU – at the time of writing, at least – if the planned amendments to stamp the Withdrawal Bill with the exact moment we leave the EU are approved. The issues of the divorce bill and EU Citizens’ rights are apparently settled, and the word ‘alignment’ in relation to regulating the Northern Irish bo...
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