Third report scrutinising Brexit-related international agreements published

Friday 22 Feb 2019 @ 10:05
Parliamentary Committees and Public Enquiries

The European Union Committee has published its third report in its new role scrutinising Brexit-related treaties.

Background

This report considers three international agreements, which are all reported for information.

Agreement on Trade in Organic Products between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Chile [CP 33]
Agreement on Mutual Recognition in relation to Conformity Assessment between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand [CP 27]
Agreement on Mutual Recognition in relation to Conformity Assessment, Certificates and Markings between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia [CP 28]

The Committee expects its next report on Brexit-related international agreements to be published in the week commencing 25 February 2019.

Further information

Channel website: http://www.parliament.uk/

Original article link: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-select-committee-/news-parliament-2017/third-international-agreements-report/

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