Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 90 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Trade Euratom waste RADIOACTIVE WASTE DIRECTIVE: Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste sets rules for shipments of radioactive waste from a Member State to a third country with the aim of disposal. As of the withdrawal date, these rules apply for shipments from the EU 27 to the United Kingdom. According to Article 4(4), second subparagraph of Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom these rules include: an obligation to inform the Commission prior to shipment to a third country; the obligation that the Member States in question needs to have in place an agreement with the third country to use a disposal facility; the requirement that the disposal facility needs to be authorised and operating. Sellafield WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE EURATOM ACQUIS Trade Euratom safety BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS DIRECTIVE: As of the withdrawal date , any import of radioactive material from the United Kingdom to the Community and any export of radioactive material from the Community to the United Kingdom will need to comply with the requirements in Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom – the Euratom Basic Safety Standards Directive – applies, inter alia, to the import to and export from the Community of radioactive material (see Article 2(2) an of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom). WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE EURATOM ACQUIS Trade protected species As of the withdrawal date, Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein no longer applies to the United Kingdom. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON TRADE IN PROTECTED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA Trade protected species As of the withdrawal date, Articles 4 and 5 of Council Regulation 338/97 apply to the introduction and (re-) export of specimens of protected species between the United Kingdom and the EU 27. For the cross- border movement of protected species for non-commercial purposes specific derogations to these rules are in place, especially for personal and household effects and scientific institutions, pursuant to Article 7(3) and 7(4) of Council Regulation 338/97. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES ON TRADE IN PROTECTED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA