<p><strong>Has the requirement of ‘non regression’ in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) prevented the UK from diverging from the environmental protections in place at the end of the Brexit transition period?</strong></p><p>On 24 December 2020, the UK government and the European Commission announced a deal in principle on the legal terms of the future UK-EU relationship. The <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/brexit_files/info_site/tca-20-12-28.pdf" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">EU-UK TCA</a> contains, at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/948119/EU-UK_Trade_and_Cooperation_Agreement_24.12.2020.pdf" target="_blank" data-sf-ec-immutable="">Part 2, Heading 1, Title XI, Chapter 7</a>, a section on the ‘environment and climate’ which includes complex provisions to maintain a ‘level playing field’ in regard to environmental standards following Brexit. This means that while the UK can adopt its own, different, rules on environment</p>
Source: LexisNexis Purpose Built
What do the ‘level playing field’ provisions in the UK-EU TCA mean for UK environmental law post-Brexit?
