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Brexit: What to Expect and When

Zameer Qureshi, an attorney with Bergeson & Campbell, lays out a detailed view of the different departure scenerios under Brexit. He writes that "given the abundance of laws that will need to be considered and incorporated by officials pre- and post-Brexit, it appears relatively unlikely that new chemical Regulations will be prepared in final in the UK before its departure from the EU. It appears more likely that these laws will be gradually reviewed, and that interim legislation may be put in place."

He points out that "until the UK departs from the EU and EEA, it is business as usual as important EU chemicals law continues to apply in the UK. Transitional measures for REACH are foreseeable to avoid creation of a 'regulatory vacuum' and related widespread complications. It is now fairly clear that UK companies will be required to meet the REACH 2018 deadline as Prime Minister May's triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in March 2017 would result in a departure of the UK from the EU in March 2019, at the earliest."


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