European Union Committee
Brexit: the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
24th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 5 December 2018 - HL Paper 245
Contents
Chapter 2: The Withdrawal Agreement
The role of the Joint Committee
The role of the specialised committees
Implementation and application of the Withdrawal Agreement
The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Other provisions which engage the jurisdiction of the CJEU
The proposed arbitration model
Analysis of the arbitration provisions
Analysis of the citizens’ rights provisions
Supervision and enforcement of the agreement on citizens’ rights
What is not included in the citizens’ rights provisions
What happens in the event of a no deal Brexit?
Figure 1: Estimated path of settlement payments
Table 1: OBR’s estimate of the settlement and its components
The UK’s legal obligations in the event of ‘no deal’
Chapter 3: The transition period
The general principles of transition
Exceptions to the general principles
Extending the transition period
Chapter 4: Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Basic principles and conditions
The rights of individuals and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
The “single customs territory” and the movement of goods
Institutional oversight of the Protocol
Additional responsibilities for the UK regarding Northern Ireland
Other areas of North-South cooperation
Chapter 5: The Political Declaration on the future relationship
Introduction to the Political Declaration
Capital movements and payments, intellectual property and public procurement
Level playing field for open and fair competition
Part III: security partnership
Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Foreign policy, security and defence
Part IV: institutional and other horizontal arrangements