UK to decide if Northern Ireland can use "Stormont brake" to reject new EU chemical rules.

The UK government will decide by Monday if Northern Ireland can use the "Stormont brake," a mechanism allowing the region to object to new EU rules. Unionist parties want to block new EU regulations on packaging and labeling of chemicals. This marks the first test of the brake since power-sharing resumed at Stormont nearly a year ago. The brake can only be used in exceptional circumstances and as a last resort.

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