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Products: Standards

Asked by Ms Stella CreasyLabour (Co-op)Department for Business and TradeTabled Answered 11 November 2024UIN 12926

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a comparative assessment of UK and EU product standard regulations issued since 31 January 2020.

Answered by Justin Madders

The UK’s product safety and metrology framework is derived from EU law and has developed over the past four decades, while the UK was a Member of the EU. While there have been some product standard developments since 31 January 2020, the regulations in the EU and UK currently remain broadly similar.

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