UK will be exempt from EU shiprecycling rules after Brexit

Europe's upcoming and controversial Ship Recycling Regulation (SRR) will not apply to the UK after its withdrawal from the European Union, authorities have told shipowners.

The European Commission wrote to stakeholders informing them that the regulation, which will be enforced from December this year, will not involve the UK following its planned Brexit D-Day on 30 March 2019.

“Subject to any transitional arrangement that may be contained in any withdrawal agreement, as of the withdrawal date, the EU rules on shiprecycling no longer apply to the UK,” the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment said in the statement.