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Written question asked by Baroness Scott of Needham Market (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 27 January 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 February 2020. It was answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative) on Monday, 3 February 2020 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

European Committee for Standardization

Question

Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit on the UK's membership of the European Committee for Standardization; what discussions they have had with the British Standards Institution on the issue; and what were the outcomes of any such discussions.

Answer

The European standards organisations (CEN, CENELEC and ETSI) are not EU bodies and the British Standards Institution (BSI) is independent from government. We are in regular contact with BSI and are supportive of the steps that they, as the UK’s national standards body, are taking to maintain the high level of influence of UK experts in the European standards organisations, as set out in the Memorandum of Understanding between Government and BSI.

BSI have informed the Department of their intention to retain their membership of the European standards organisations in line with the wishes of UK stakeholders.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL809
Session
2019-21
Subjects
British Standards Institution European Committee for Standardization Brexit
Link
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