Channel Fixed Link agreements and Energy Charter Treaty report published
2 October 2020
The International Agreements Sub-Committee publishes a report on four international agreements.
- Report: Scrutiny of international agreements: three agreements on the Channel Fixed Link, and one agreement on the Energy Charter Treaty (HTML)
- Report: Scrutiny of international agreements: three agreements on the Channel Fixed Link, and one agreement on the Energy Charter Treaty (PDF)
- Treaties scrutinised by the European Union Committee
- International Agreements Sub-Committee
Background
This report considered four international agreements which have been reported for information:
- Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning Border Controls on Rail Traffic between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link
- Agreement between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland amending and supplementing the Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning Rail Traffic between Belgium and the United Kingdom using the Channel Fixed Link with Protocol, done at Brussels on 15 December 1993
- Special Arrangement between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning Security Matters relating to Trains using the Channel Fixed Link
- Final Act of the International Conference and Decision by the Energy Charter Conference in respect of the Amendment to the Trade-Related Provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty
Two short 'explainers' on the International Agreements Sub-Committee's scrutiny of treaties are available on our website:
- How scrutiny of treaties and treaty-making works
- Treaty scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010