Consultation outcome

Repealing the EU port services legislation

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The 2017 port services regulation and The Port Services Regulations 2019, will be repealed at the end of 2023 under the provisions of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

Detail of feedback received

The consultation received 3 responses. Of these:

  • 2 were strongly in favour of proceeding as planned
  • 1 was content with the proposal

Original consultation

Summary

Proposes repealing the EU port services legislation as well as revoking or amending associated statutory instruments to support UK-specific ports regulation.

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Consultation description

We propose to repeal the EU port services requirement of Regulation EUR 2017/352 (PSR) and revoke or amend its 2 associated statutory instruments. This will support UK-specific transport regulation for UK ports.

The PSR is an EU law that applies to the larger UK ports – those that were defined as part of the Trans-European Transport Network. The regulation has continued to apply after the end of the transition period (since 31 December 2020).

We propose to:

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Updates to this page

Published 22 March 2022
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