Brexit updates
LABC is committed to helping our building control members and construction professionals following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (
Information and updates from the Government
Agreements reached between the UK and EU (trade and cooperation agreement included).
The Brexit checker offers a tool to help with things like travel and doing business with the EU - for businesses and individuals.
The vast majority of traders moving goods between the UK and EU will avoid paying tariffs on that trade. In order to avoid paying tariffs, all traders must – from 1 January – ‘claim preference’ by way of meeting the relevant rules of origin (RoO) for their products and making a declaration to that effect. Information on the new framework for rules of origin that businesses exporting goods to the EU now need to comply with can be found here: Claiming preferential rates of duty between the UK and EU.
Points-based immigration system factsheet.
Updates from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
EU Construction Products Regulation and CE marking, including UK product contact point for construction products: All operators intending to place products on the UK market and all manufacturers placing products on the EU market will need to take note of actions outlined in the guidance.
The system for recognising EU qualified architects in the UK from 1 January 2021: The Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (MRPQ) Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC) on the mutual recognition of qualifications no longer applies from 1 January 2021.
Updates from the HSE
Health and safety protections, and your duties to protect the health and safety of people, will not change with Brexit but some new rules and procedures are now in place. Find out more here on the HSE website.
Information and updates from the British Standards Institution (BSI)
BSI is the business standards company that helps organisations make excellence a habit. The BSI is planning for a range of possible Brexit outcomes including the outcome in which the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 October. Find out more here in their guidance that looks at how regulatory continuity will be ensured and the introduction of ‘designated standards’.