Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee: Tenth Meeting

James Cleverly Excerpts

Monday 20th March 2023 Written Statements

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

The next meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee 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. Welcome and opening remarks from the co-chairs

1.1. Formal adoption of the agenda

1.2. Stocktake of specialised committee activity 21 February 2022-24 March 2023.

2. Update on withdrawal agreement implementation in accordance with Article 164 of the withdrawal agreement

2.1. Citizens’ rights

2.2. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland / the Windsor framework

3. Decisions and recommendations for Joint Committee adoption

3.1. Decision No X/2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor framework

3.2. Recommendation No X/2023 on market surveillance and enforcement

3.3. Recommendation No X/2023 on Article 13(3a) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Joint Declaration to be made by the Union and the United Kingdom

3.4. Joint declaration No XX/2023

3.5. Joint declaration on the application of Article 10(1) of the Windsor framework

3.6. Joint declaration on Article 13(3a) of the Windsor framework

3.7. Joint declaration number X

3.8. Joint declaration on the VAT regime for goods not being at risk for the Union’s internal market and on the VAT arrangements for cross-border refunds

United Kingdom unilateral declarations and Union unilateral declarations taking note

3.9. Unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom involvement of the institutions of the 1998 agreement (Annex 1 to the Decision No X/2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor framework)

3.10. Unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on market surveillance and enforcement 3.10.1 Unilateral declaration by the Union taking note of the unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on market surveillance and enforcement

3.11. Unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom

3.11.1. Unilateral declaration by the Union taking note of the unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom

3.12. Unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor framework

3.12.1. Unilateral declaration by the Union taking note of the unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor framework

3.13. Unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland

3.13.1. Unilateral declaration by the Union taking note of the unilateral declaration by the United Kingdom on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland

4. AOB

5. Concluding remarks

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