The EU Commission reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of their future cooperation after the Brexit

Picciano, Irene

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31 Dec 2020

The EU Commission reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of their future cooperation after the Brexit

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EU Commission & UK Government, Trade and Cooperation agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of great Britain and Northern Ireland of the other part, Agreement, 31 December 2020

On DECEMBER 24, 2020, the European Commission reached an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of its future cooperation with the European Union. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), provisionally applicable as of January 1, 2021, rests on three main pillars, which are a) a free trade agreement; b) a new partnership for citizens’ security; and c) a horizontal agreement on governance designed to ensure legal certainty for businesses, consumers, and citizens and created by several joint governance bodies, notably the Partnership Council, the Trade Partnership Committee, and various specialized committees. The TCA consists of six main parts: institutional

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Irene Picciano
Portolano Cavallo (Milan)

Italy 23 contributions 4490 visits

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Irene Picciano, The EU Commission reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom on the terms of their future cooperation after the Brexit, 31 December 2020, e-Competitions December 2020, Art. N° 99871

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