Category Archives: Withdrawal
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UK GOVERNMENT COMMITMENTS TO NI AND ITS INTEGRAL PLACE IN THE UK 9 January 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. This Government has made clear on many occasions that we will never be neutral in expressing our support for the ...
Objective and Scope The Agreement sets out the arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (“United Kingdom”) from the European Union (“European ...
Transition Period There shall be a transition or implementation period, which shall start on the date of entry into force of the Agreement and end on 31 December 2020. Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement, EU ...
Commencement and Taking Effect The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland shall apply as from the end of the transition period, with the exception of some technical provisions of that Protocol that shall apply as from ...
Customs Subject to the provision in the protocol regarding termination and changes, The EU / UK customs union the Annex shall apply to goods: produced in the customs territory of the European Union or the United ...
TAX Taxation The European Union and the United Kingdom recognise and commit themselves to implementing the principles of good governance in the area of taxation, including the global standards on transparency and ...
Good Friday Agreement Rights The individual rights provisions pursuant to the Good Friday Agreement institutions which are to be protected include – Directive implementing the principle of equal treatment between men ...
INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS Joint Committee A Joint Committee, comprising representatives of the European Union and of the United Kingdom, is hereby established. The Joint Committee shall be co-chaired by the European ...
RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE AND SPECIALISED COMMITTEES Rule 1 Chair The Joint Committee shall be co-chaired by a Member of the European Commission and a representative of the Government of the United ...
CITIZENS’ RIGHTS GENERAL PROVISIONS Definitions For the purposes of these provisions, the following definitions shall apply: “family members” means the following persons, irrespective of their ...
RIGHTS OF WORKERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS Rights of workers Subject to the limitations set out in the EU Treaties, workers in the host State and frontier workers in the State or States of work shall enjoy the ...
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS GENERAL PROVISIONS Currency to be used between the European Union and the United Kingdom Without prejudice to the applicable EU law concerning the European Union’s own resources, all ...
ANNEX I SOCIAL SECURITY COORDINATION DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION Applicable legislation (A series): – Decision A1 of 12 June 2009 concerning the establishment of a dialogue and ...
Citizens’ rights The Kingdom of Spain (“Spain”) and the United Kingdom in respect of Gibraltar shall closely cooperate with a view to preparing and underpinning the effective implementation of Part ...
General provisions For the purposes of the Protocol, any reference to the United Kingdom in the applicable provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement shall be understood as referring to the United Kingdom in respect of ...
GOODS PLACED ON THE MARKET Definitions For the purposes of these provisions, the following definitions shall apply: “making available on the market” means any supply of a good for distribution, ...
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Continued protection in the UK of registered or granted rights The holder of any of the following intellectual property rights which have been registered or granted before the end of the ...
ONGOING POLICE AND JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS Ongoing judicial cooperation proceedings in criminal matters I In the United Kingdom, as well as in the Member States in situations involving the United ...
BASIS FOR COOPERATION ● Shared values including the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democratic principles, the rule of law and support for non-proliferation, as essential prerequisites for the ...
JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE NEGOTIATORS 1. This statement, presented jointly by the negotiators of the European Union (Union) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), records the progress made ...
Repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 The Withdrawal Act repeals the European Communities Act on exit day. The ECA is the principal piece of domestic legislation passed by the UK Parliament which gives effect ...
Exceptions to savings and incorporation The Withdrawal Act sets out two exceptions to the saving and incorporation of EU law provided for. The first exception is the principle of supremacy of EU law. The principle of ...
Interpretation of retained EU law The Withdrawal Act sets out how retained EU law is to be read and interpreted on and after exit day. decisions of the CJEU made after exit day will not be binding on domestic (UK) ...
Dealing with deficiencies arising from withdrawal The Withdrawal Act gives ministers of the Crown a power to make secondary legislation to deal with deficiencies that would arise on exit in retained EU law. This ...
Brexit Day Brexit day is defined as 11.00pm on 29 March 2019 (postponed to 31 January 2020, with a transitional period to effective withdrawal on 31 December 2020). This is in line with the calculation of time in EU law, as well as the EU’s negotiating directives, which indicate that the UK will leave the EU at 00.00 ...
Explanatory statements for certain powers The Withdrawal Act sets out that certain explanatory statements must accompany statutory instruments made by ministers of the Crown under the delegated powers; that in the ...
Provisions on Citizens Part 2 of the draft withdrawal agreement largely reflects the. December 2017 joint report. All of it is colour coded green in the publish draft on 19th March, indicating agreement in principle. ...
Separation provisions Articles 36 – 120 of the draft Withdrawal Agreement cover ‘separation issues’ that were not fully agreed upon during the Phase 1 negotiations. In brief, these relate to processes in a ...
Intellectual property Articles 50-57 of the draft WA set out the Commission’s proposed provisions covering intellectual property right arrangements. The provisions, in summary, aim to ensure that the UK’s withdrawal ...
Ongoing cooperation in criminal matters Articles 58-61 set out the following proposals, applying both in the UK and in the EU Member States in situations involving the UK. Under Article 58(1), currently applicable EU ...
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