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UK-Japan exchange of letters on mutual recognition

Letters signed by the UK's Secretary of State for International Trade and Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs on mutual recognition of conformity assessment.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
• Published: 20 September 2019
• Last updated: 20 September 2019 — See all updates

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The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and Mr Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan signed an exchange of letters on 20 September 2019.

The exchange of letters contains temporary measures under which each country will continue to accept conformity assessment results from the other.

The measures can take effect from 1 January 2021, when the EU-Japan mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment no longer applies to the UK.

Published 20 September 2019
Last updated 20 September 2019 + show all updates

1. 20 September 2019

   Updated with text of letters signed by the UK's Secretary of State for International Trade and Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs.

2. 20 September 2019

   First published.