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Written question asked by Lord Cope of Berkeley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 3 September 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 September 2019. It was answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative) on Monday, 9 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Products: Certification

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government when, and where, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, public access to the list of UK approved bodies for conformity assessment, and particulars of standards harmonised to EU directives, will be made available.

Original answer

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.

The answer was corrected by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative)

on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Corrected answer

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with my noble Friend.

In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, on exit all ‘harmonised standards’ that gave a presumption of conformity to EU requirements will be cited as ‘designated standards’ and will give rise to a presumption of conformity to the relevant requirements in the UK body of retained EU law, as amended. Details of all ‘designated’ standards will be provided on the gov.uk website.

A register of UK approved bodies and the conformity assessment activities for which they have been approved will be made available via the gov.uk website.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17603
Session
2017-19
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2019-0903
Monday, 9 September 2019
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Lord Speaker’s Statement
Wednesday, 25 September 2019
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Lords
Notes
Supreme Court ruling of 24 September that Parliament was not prorogued on 9 September.
Subjects
Certification EU law Products Standards Brexit
Link
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