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Leaked Whitehall analysis reveals effect of laws due to come into force during two-year period after Brexit

DOZENS of EU directives could come into force during the transition period after Brexit amid warnings that Britain will become a “vassal state”.

A leaked Whitehall analysis, obtained by The Daily Telegraph, reveals that 37 EU directives and policies could come into force during the two-year transition.

Senior Eurosceptics have warned ministers that this should be a “red line” for the Government, amid concerns that Britain will be forced to accept EU laws with no means of vetoing them.

Many of the directives are being publicly opposed by ministers as they bid to reach a compromise with the EU before Brexit.

Recycling

Every household in Britain will be required to have at least four different bins under new EU recycling targets that could come into force during the two-year transition after Brexit.

A leaked official list of the 37 EU laws that could come into force includes the new Waste Framework Directive, which could require Britain to increase its recycling levels from 44 per cent to as much as 70 per cent.

Ministers have disclosed that increasing recycling rates to 55 per cent would require households to have separate bins for food waste, garden waste and recycling. General waste would only be collected on a fortnightly basis.

However, Theresa Coffey, an environment minister, said that European Parliament plans to increase recycling rates to 70 per cent are not “feasible”. The official analysis concludes the directive has a “high likelihood of materialising” and poses a “high risk”.

Raid on the City of London

The European Union could mount a land-grab on the City by demanding that “clearing houses” for euros based in the City of London move to the Continent.

Clearing houses stand between two sides of a trade to ensure its smooth completion, and also set aside funds to protect investors when a trade defaults. Three-quarters of euro-denominated business is cleared by houses in London, providing the City with 83,000 jobs and up to £80billion per year.

However the European Market Infrastructure Regulation Supervision could force clearing houses to relocate to Europe after Brexit.

The Government has warned that it would “risk fragmenting” financial markets, act as a “drag on growth” and discourage firms from hedging risks.

The leaked paper says the directive has a “high likelihood” of materialising and carries a “high risk”.

Energy efficiency

Britain will be “unfairly penalised” under binding new EU energy efficiency targets which could apply for more than a decade after Brexit, ministers have warned.

The Energy Efficiency Directive states that Britain and other member states should make energy efficiency savings of 30 per cent by 2030.

However ministers say that it creates “perverse incentives” because it fails to take into account energy efficiency savings brought in before 2021. The directive has a “high likelihood” of materialising and carries a “high risk”.

Fertilisers

Ministers and farming groups have criticised EU proposals to introduce limits on phosphate fertilisers amid fears that the plans will cause prices to surge and make British farmers less competitive.

Under the proposals, manufacturers would be forced to reduce cadmium levels in fertilisers by 50 per cent within three years, in a move that farmers claim is failing to follow the “science”.

The directive has a “high likelihood” of materialising and carried a “high risk”.

Insurance for mobility scooters

The European Union is introducing a new law which could require people to insure all off-road vehicles, including tractors, golf buggies, mobility scooters and quad bikes.

The European Court of Justice ruled that insurance must apply to off-road after Damijan Vnuk, a Slovenian, was knocked off a ladder by a reversing tractor that was being driven on private farmland.

Boris Johnson, the Foreign Secretary, has previously condemned the ruling as “undemocratic law-making” that will impose a “pointless and expensive burden on millions of people”.

There is a “medium” likelihood that the policy will be introduced during transition, and it carries a “low risk”.

EU regulation of the City

The European Union plans to hand sweeping new powers to its financial regulators in a bid to keep the City of London shackled by Brussels red tape after Brexit.

A new directive will give European Supervisory Authorities increased budgets and new powers to oversee Britain’s financial sector.

The directive is ranked “medium” likelihood and carries a “low” level of risk.

Jean Claude-juncker’s “Peace Corps”

The European Solidarity Corps, the brainchild of Jean-claude Juncker, the European Commission president, uses EU funding to send people aged 18-30 to volunteer across Europe.

Intended to foster a sense of European unity, the project has been widely mocked by Brexiteers as an example of EU propaganda. The leaked assessment says it is highly likely to happen but poses a low risk.