European Union Committee
Brexit: the revised Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration
1st Report of Session 2019-20 - published 10 January 2020 - HL Paper 4
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
The proposed arbitration model
Pre-Agreement implementation: the EU Settlement Scheme
Analysis of the citizens’ rights provisions
Supervision and enforcement of the agreement on citizens’ rights
What is not included in the citizens’ rights provisions
Figure 1: Estimated path of settlement payments
Chapter 3: The transition or implementation 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
Customs and the movement of goods
Customs territory of the UK and goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
EU Customs responsibilities applicable to Northern Ireland
Implications for goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain
Other regulatory and technical responsibilities
Implementation, application, supervision and enforcement
Other areas of North-South cooperation
Common provisions and safeguards
Chapter 5: The revised 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
Negotiating the economic partnership during the transition period
Part III: security partnership
Law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Foreign policy, security and defence
Negotiating the security partnership during the transition period
Part IV: institutional and other horizontal arrangements
Summary of conclusions and recommendations