Brexit Bulletin—ESC publishes 43rd report on areas of UK significance including EU electric car battery rules

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The European Scrutiny Committee (ESC) has published a report on recent draft EU legislation and policy documents deposited in Parliament by the government on 20 April 2021. The ESC gauges the legal and political importance of each legislative proposal, document or policy and, where appropriate, inquires further on its implications and/or recommends it for debate in Parliament. Subjects identified as legally and/or politically important in this instance include EU Structural Funds and the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, the Brexit implications of establishing adequate minimum wages in the EU, and illegal timber arrangements and the regulation of electric vehicle batteries in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol.