Water
Water Framework Directive The water framework directive is a framework for the protection of: Groundwater Coastal waters Inland surface waters Transitional waters. It has the objective of preventing and reducing ...
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Modern Harmonisation Approach
Common Market to Single Market The first and central objective of the European Union, originally the European Economic Community was the common market. The expression “internal market” replaced the expression “common ...
Accreditation & EU Standards
Accreditation and market surveillance EU Regulation (EC No 765/2008) sets out requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products. The Regulation lays down common rules for ...
Citizens (Withdrawal Agreement) (Mar 2018 Draft)
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. ...
IP, IT & Misc. (Mar 2018 Draft)
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 ...
UK European Territories (Mar 2018 Draft)
Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus The Commission’s revised draft Withdrawal Agreement of 15 March 2018 includes an incomplete draft Protocol relating to the British military bases in Cyprus. The current legal base for ...
EU / Switzerland
Background Switzerland narrowly rejected EEA membership in 1992. It also rejected EU membership in 1997 and 2001 by large margins. Switzerland’s participation in the EU / EEA internal market has been effected on an ...
EEA / EFTA
EFTA Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland and UK concluded the EFTA agreement in 1960. Its primary purpose was to liberalise trade in goods without pursuing the political integration objectives of the ...
Operation of EEA
Product Requirements Free movement of goods implies that products that conform to the applicable EU/EEA rule can circulate freely in the Internal Market. Obstacles to cross-border trade are called technical barriers ...
Treaty Rights and General Issues
EU Treaty Rights to Establish and Provide Services A key right under European Union (EU) law is the right of a business established in one EU state to establish itself in another state. A business from outside the ...
Authorisation Issues
Authorisation Scheme for Establishment Authorisation schemes and other requirements are permitted in respect of establishment in another EU state. An establishment involves the pursuit of an economic activity for an ...
Permissible Regulatory Requirements
Permissible Requirements I EU member states must respect the right of service providers in another EU state, to provide services in a member state other than that in which they are established. The member state in ...
States to Facilitate Service Providers
Obligations to Facilitate Service Providers EU states are obliged to simplify administration in relation to the provision of services. States must examine the procedures and formalities applicable to the receipt of ...
Information from Service Providers
Obligations on Providers The provider of a service must provide information in relation to various matters. In some cases, the service provider must provide the service recipient with certain key information in ...
Qualifications Overview
Approach to Qualifications The EU has introduced sector-specific and general qualifications legislation in relation to recognising diplomas, qualifications, and equivalent awards. There are two different approaches ...
Recognition of Qualifications
Overview A practical issue which arises in exercising the right to establish in another member state is the recognition of qualifications. In 2005 the EU adopted a general Qualifications Directive on the mutual ...
Procedure for Recognition
Comparison The Qualifications Directive requires the EU Member States to establish a procedure to examine and recognise professional qualifications. The host state must compare the migrant’s qualifications and ...
Enhancing Qualifications Recognition
Qualifications Card The 2013 amendment to the Qualifications Directive provided for a European Professional Card (EPC) in a view to facilitating temporary mobility of the provision of services in the EU. It is ...
British (UK) Nationality
Background In 1948, The British Nationality Act introduced the concept of citizenship of the United Kingdom and the colonies. Citizens of other Commonwealth nations became British subjects or Commonwealth citizens ...
UK Employment Visas
Employment Visas In respect of non-EU nationals, the UK operates a points-based system of work visas. Tier 1 relates to self-employed persons. Tier 2 covers the majority of work-related visas. There is a cap on Tier ...