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Britain seeking
equivalence with EU regulation, not harmonisation:
minister
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[January 24, 2018]
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain
will not seek to harmonise its regulations with the
European Union after leaving the bloc, but will aim
instead for "outcome equivalence", Brexit minister David
Davis said on Wednesday. |
Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European
Union David Davis walks out of 10 Downing Street in
London, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville |
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"There's undoubtedly an impetus among some continental countries
and on the part of the Commission to try to trade off regulatory
freedom against market access," Davis told a parliamentary
committee.
"Our strategy for dealing with that is to say we will seek
outcome equivalence in some areas, but not harmonisation -
otherwise if you have harmonisation you might just as well have
stayed in."
(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper, writing by William James. Editing
by Andrew MacAskill)
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