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    British Coatings Federation Welcomes FTA But Calls for More Significant Changes to UK REACH

    The British Coatings Federation has welcomed the news of a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and EU.

    British Coatings Federation Welcomes FTA But Calls for More Significant Changes to UK REACH
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    Coatings World staff01.01.21

    The British Coatings Federation welcomed the news of a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and EU. 

     

    Despite the lateness of the decision, an FTA will mean, among other things, that BCF members will be able to benefit from tariff-free trade with the EU in the future. 

     

    This at least will ensure the coatings and printing inks sectors across Europe will not now be hit by new tariff costs of an estimated £100 million.

     

    However, while there is talk of a Chemicals Annex being included in the deal, it is not yet clear this will include the key data-sharing clauses the UK wanted. If this has not been agreed upon, the BCF hoped that data-sharing might still be able to be negotiated as an ‘add-on’ at some point in 2021.

     

    Jan. 1, 2021, sees the introduction of the UK’s new independent chemicals regulations. 

     

    UK REACH is a direct copy of the original, EU REACH, a piece of legislation widely regarded as being one of the most – if not the most – burdensome in the world. 

     

    If data-sharing has not been agreed upon as part of the FTA, UK REACH will now require the registration with full data dossiers of all chemical substances being used in the country to be put into a new database. 

     

    This process is going to cost the chemicals industry an estimated £1 billion-plus, a figure not disputed by the UK Government. 

     

    It is also likely to mean some substances will not be registered in the new UK database at all for reasons of cost, leaving many UK manufacturers in a position where they have to make do without, change their formulations, or take on the registration costs themselves.

     

    In addition, UK-based companies wanting to export to the EU will not only have to comply with UK REACH but continue to adhere to EU REACH rules too. This will become more complicated if the UK and EU chemical regimes start to diverge in the future.

     

    “We welcome the fact a Free Trade Agreement has been concluded. Businesses are going to be hit significantly by Brexit and at least this FTA means some additional costs, such as tariffs, are now going to be avoided," BCF CEO Tom Bowtell said. 

     

    “However, the FTA agreed appears extremely ‘thin’ and basic. The reality is this is a ‘hard’ Brexit, with significant extra costs and burdens placed on the UK industry as a result. BCF members and businesses across the country will still have to deal with new customs and border controls, as well as delays to goods and raw materials caused by those additional procedures. This will make UK companies less competitive, having to spend more time and money dealing with the bureaucracy that has not been there for decades.

     

    “In particular, we have serious concerns about the way UK REACH will duplicate the onerous EU REACH, despite the UK chemicals market being only 1/10th the size of the EU. It seems as though the FTA negotiations failed to secure a data-sharing agreement on chemicals. If that is indeed the case we either need to see further negotiations in 2021 to try and reach that agreement as an ‘add-on’ or Defra will need to urgently review how UK REACH is going to work. Proceeding as currently planned will cost businesses – including downstream users like those in the coatings, printing inks and wallcoverings sectors – over a billion pounds with absolutely zero added benefits. We will continue, as a matter of priority, to make this case for change into 2021.”

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