Legal status | Joint Committee |
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Headquarters | London and Brussels |
Origins | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement |
Region served |
United Kingdom European Union |
Membership |
United Kingdom European Union |
Official language | English |
Website | EU–UK Partnership Council |
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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms |
The EU–UK Partnership Council is a Joint Committee established upon provisional application of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. [1] It has several governing tasks within the TCA and supplementing agreements between the UK and the EU (Articles 2 and 7.2). Each party to the agreement can refer to the Council any issue relating to the implementation, application and interpretation of the TCA. The council has – in the first years – the power to amend certain parts of the TCA "provided that such amendments are necessary to correct errors, or to address omissions or other deficiencies", and has the ability to delegate certain of its powers to the Trade Partnership Committee or to a Specialised Committee.
The Council comprises representatives of the EU and of the UK, and is co-chaired by a member of the European Commission and a ministerial-level representative of the UK government. The draft EU Council decision on the signature of the TCA provides for the right of each member state to be represented in Partnership Council meetings as part of the EU delegation. [2] It meets at the request of the EU or the UK, and at least once a year, with the agenda set by mutual consent. The council is separate from the conflict handling mechanism through an arbitration procedure [3]
The council has a role in the TCA and other "supplementing agreements", unless otherwise provided. The agreements in which a role for the council is established are shown below:
Type | Convention | Entry into force | Provisional Application | Legal basis | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TCA | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 1 May 2021 | 1 January 2021 [4] | Article Inst.1 in the draft | [1] |
Supplementing Agreement |
Agreement on Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information | 1 May 2021 | 1 January 2021 [4] | [5] [6] |
The Secretariat will be composed of an official of the EU and an official of the Government of the UK. It will perform the tasks conferred in the Rules of Procedure;[ citation needed] in particular, it will take care of the administrative tasks such as correspondence between the EU and UK, agendas and minutes. The official languages will be the official languages of the EU and the UK; the working language will be English.
Articles 8 and 9 establish 19 committees and 4 Working groups. Together with the council itself and its secretariat the following (sub)organisations exist.
The following organisations have been established based on the institutional framework:
As of September 2022, 3 decisions of the Partnership Council and 1 of a specialized committee have been published. The first one was the extension of the final date of provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation agreement to 30 April 2021. [11]
Decision | Entity | Agreement | Date | Content | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/2021 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 23 February 2021 | Extension of ultimate date for provisional application from 28 February until 30 April 2021. | [12] |
1/2021 | Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 29 October 2021 | Amendment of the Annexes to the Protocol on Social Security Coordination. | [13] |
2/2021 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 21 December 2021 | Extension of ultimate date for deletion of Passenger Name Records until 31 December 2022. | [14] |
1/2022 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 5 May 2022 | Operation Guidelines of the Civil Society Forum. | [15] |
Legal status | Joint Committee |
---|---|
Headquarters | London and Brussels |
Origins | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement |
Region served |
United Kingdom European Union |
Membership |
United Kingdom European Union |
Official language | English |
Website | EU–UK Partnership Council |
Part of a series of articles on |
Brexit |
---|
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Glossary of terms |
The EU–UK Partnership Council is a Joint Committee established upon provisional application of the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. [1] It has several governing tasks within the TCA and supplementing agreements between the UK and the EU (Articles 2 and 7.2). Each party to the agreement can refer to the Council any issue relating to the implementation, application and interpretation of the TCA. The council has – in the first years – the power to amend certain parts of the TCA "provided that such amendments are necessary to correct errors, or to address omissions or other deficiencies", and has the ability to delegate certain of its powers to the Trade Partnership Committee or to a Specialised Committee.
The Council comprises representatives of the EU and of the UK, and is co-chaired by a member of the European Commission and a ministerial-level representative of the UK government. The draft EU Council decision on the signature of the TCA provides for the right of each member state to be represented in Partnership Council meetings as part of the EU delegation. [2] It meets at the request of the EU or the UK, and at least once a year, with the agenda set by mutual consent. The council is separate from the conflict handling mechanism through an arbitration procedure [3]
The council has a role in the TCA and other "supplementing agreements", unless otherwise provided. The agreements in which a role for the council is established are shown below:
Type | Convention | Entry into force | Provisional Application | Legal basis | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TCA | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 1 May 2021 | 1 January 2021 [4] | Article Inst.1 in the draft | [1] |
Supplementing Agreement |
Agreement on Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information | 1 May 2021 | 1 January 2021 [4] | [5] [6] |
The Secretariat will be composed of an official of the EU and an official of the Government of the UK. It will perform the tasks conferred in the Rules of Procedure;[ citation needed] in particular, it will take care of the administrative tasks such as correspondence between the EU and UK, agendas and minutes. The official languages will be the official languages of the EU and the UK; the working language will be English.
Articles 8 and 9 establish 19 committees and 4 Working groups. Together with the council itself and its secretariat the following (sub)organisations exist.
The following organisations have been established based on the institutional framework:
As of September 2022, 3 decisions of the Partnership Council and 1 of a specialized committee have been published. The first one was the extension of the final date of provisional application of the Trade and Cooperation agreement to 30 April 2021. [11]
Decision | Entity | Agreement | Date | Content | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/2021 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 23 February 2021 | Extension of ultimate date for provisional application from 28 February until 30 April 2021. | [12] |
1/2021 | Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 29 October 2021 | Amendment of the Annexes to the Protocol on Social Security Coordination. | [13] |
2/2021 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 21 December 2021 | Extension of ultimate date for deletion of Passenger Name Records until 31 December 2022. | [14] |
1/2022 | Partnership Council | EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement | 5 May 2022 | Operation Guidelines of the Civil Society Forum. | [15] |