2024 Scottish Additional Quota Consultation Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment

7. Regulatory and EU Alignment Impacts

7.1 Intra-UK Trade

No options expected to impact upon provisions of the Internal Markets Bill.

7.2 International Trade

The proposed consultation criteria do not have the potential to affect imports or exports of a specific good or service, or groups of goods or services.

The proposed consultation criteria do not have the potential to affect trade flows with one or more countries.

The proposed consultation criteria do not include different requirements for domestic and foreign businesses.

7.3 EU Alignment

The Fisheries Act 2020 revoked the EU Common Fisheries Policy. EU Member states have the power to allocate received quota as they see fit in an analogous manner to the UK.