European Union Committee
The future UK-EU relationship on professional and business services
13th Report of Session 2019-21 - published 13 October 2020 - HL Paper 143
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction: professional and business services in the UK
The UK’s professional and business services sectors
Trade in professional and business services
Figure 1: UK top five goods and services exports (£billions)
Table 1: PBS International Trade
The future relationship negotiations
Chapter 2: Frameworks for trade in professional and business services
The EU’s Single Market for services
World Trade Organization (WTO) framework
Box 1: WTO GATS Modes of Supply
Status of professional and business services in the negotiations
Chapter 3: Providing services on a cross-border basis
UK and EU negotiating positions
Chapter 4: Rights of establishment
The importance of rights of establishment
UK and EU negotiating positions
The importance of business mobility
Business mobility under a UK-EU agreement
Visa and administrative requirements
Chapter 6: Recognition of professional qualifications
Why is recognition of qualifications important?
UK and EU negotiating positions
Chapter 7: Intellectual Property
Box 2: Trade marks, registered design rights and unregistered design rights in the EU
UK and EU negotiating positions
UK and EU negotiating positions
Chapter 8: Equivalence and regulatory cooperation
Equivalence and the audit sector
Divergence and withdrawal of equivalence
Structuring regulatory cooperation
UK and EU negotiating positions
Chapter 9: Digital trade and data flows
Data flows under a UK-EU agreement
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/work/305/the-future-ukeu-relationship-on-professional-and-business-services// and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
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