UK, Japan Sign Temporary Deal to Recognize Product Testing After Brexit

The United Kingdom and Japan signed a deal to temporarily recognize each other’s standards conformity assessment regimes after Brexit until a formal mutual recognition agreement is put into place, the U.K. Department for International Trade said. It covers electrical products, telecommunications and radio equipment, good laboratory practice (GLP) for chemicals and good manufacturing practice (GMP) for medicinal products, and provides that Japan and the U.K. recognize each other’s conformity testing. That means U.K. goods will be able to be tested in the U.K. against Japanese regulations and sold in Japan without additional testing, and vice versa. The agreement will take effect upon the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, and remain in effect until a U.K.-Japan MRA comes into force, the U.K. said.