Trade and Co-operation Agreement Partnership Council: Second Meeting

(Limited Text - Ministerial Extracts only)

Monday 20th March 2023 Written Statements

[The Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (James Cleverly)]

The next meeting of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement Partnership Council will take place in London on 24 March 2023, with delegations attending in person and by video conference.

The meeting will be co-chaired by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and vice-president of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič.

The agenda will include:

1. Opening remarks by the co-chairs and adoption of the agenda

2. Energy

1. Electricity trading (Article 312 TCA)

2. Security of supply co-operation and working arrangements for TSOs (Articles 315 and 317 TCA)

3. EU green deal industrial plan

3. Regulation

1. MoU on financial services

2. Working groups (Article 9 TCA)

3. Intellectual property

4. UK Retained EU Law Bill

5. Bill of Rights Bill

4. Security

1. Co-operation on cybersecurity (Article 703 TCA)

2. Co-operation on counterterrorism (Article 768 TCA)

3. Passenger name records (Article 552(4) TCA)

5. Union programmes

6. AOB

7. Concluding remarks by the co-chairs

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