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<p>The Government is committed to maintaining environmental standards after we leave
the EU, and will continue to uphold international obligations through multilateral
environmental agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The EU Withdrawal Act 2018 will ensure all
existing EU environmental law continues to operate in UK law, transferring powers
from EU institutions to domestic institutions and ensuring we meet international agreement
obligations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to the creation of a new body
to hold the Government to account on its compliance with environmental law. We will
work to ensure that the new body is in place as soon as possible in a no deal scenario
with the necessary powers to review and, if necessary, take enforcement action in
respect of breaches of environmental law from when the jurisdiction of the European
Court of Justice has ended in a no deal scenario, this will be from 23:00 on 29 March
2019 onwards. This will mean that the Government will be held accountable as under
existing EU law from the day we leave the EU. Any further interim measures that may
be necessary under a no deal scenario before the new body is established will be brought
forward in due course.</p>
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