Scottish Environment Link state that “LINK Members have previously argued that the market access principles must be qualified to permit essential regulation in public interest, including to protect and improve the environment.”The UK Internal Market | Scottish Parliament Website
Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS), ASH Scotland (ASHS) and Obesity Action Scotland (OAS) “have serious concerns that the effect of the mutual recognition principle for goods will be to significantly reduce the benefits of introducing new devolved measures to protect public health.”The UK Internal Market | Scottish Parliament Website In their view the “net effect is likely to be to stifle policy innovation” and to disincentivise improvements to pre...