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The institutional framework of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation agreement

Inquiry

The Committee is looking into the role, responsibilities and powers of the new joint UK/EU bodies established by the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), and the approach taken by the UK Government and the EU to representing their interests within them. We will look to:

  • determine the powers and responsibilities of the individual elements of the TCA’s institutional framework and identify the most important formal powers that these bodies have (e.g. to make specified amendments or supplementary changes to the TCA);
  • describe the transparency requirements around the joint UK/EU bodies as set out in the TCA;
  • assess the UK and EU’s respective approaches to representing their interests in the joint bodies; and
  • consider how the work of these joint bodies may affect the operation of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:00pm on 24 September 2021.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 15 December 2021
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
The institutional framework of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation agreement - Oral evidence 15 December 2021
2:30pm
  • Philip Rycroft (Former Permanent Secretary at Department for Exiting the European Union)
  • Hege Marie Hoff (Deputy Secretary-General for Brussels at European Free Trade Association Secretariat)
  • Sir Jonathan Faull (Acting Co-Head of Office, Brussels at The Brunswick Group)
Room 5, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 15 September 2021
1:45pm Private
2:30pm Public
The institutional framework of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation agreement - Oral evidence 15 September 2021
2:30pm
  • Mike Cherry OBE (National Chairman at Federation of Small Businesses)
  • Sean McGuire (Director, Brussels at Confederation of British Industry (CBI))
  • Sarah Vibert (Interim Chief Executive at National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO))
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Monday 12 July 2021
1:30pm Private
2:30pm Public
The institutional framework of the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation agreement - Oral evidence 12 July 2021
2:30pm
  • Christophe Bondy (Partner at International Trade and Investment Law group of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, London)
  • Professor David Collins (Professor of International Economic Law at City, University of London)
  • Professor Lorand Bartels (Reader in International Law at University of Cambridge, and Counsel at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP)
  • Martin Howe QC (Barrister at 8 New Square Chambers)
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