{"value":{"id":1664708,"memberId":4600,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe","uin":"HCWS1066","dateMade":"2023-10-16T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","title":"Twelfth Meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee","text":"<p>The Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee met on 28 September 2023, with UK and EU delegates joining by video conference. The meeting was co-chaired at alternate level by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Leo Docherty MP, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission, John Watson. A Joint Statement was agreed and published on GOV.UK.</p><p>The Committee made two declarations:</p><ul><li>The European Union made a Declaration pursuant to Article 23(4)(a) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee declaring that the EU is satisfied with the implementation by the United Kingdom of Article 5 of Decision No 6/2020 of the Joint Committee.</li><li>The United Kingdom made a Declaration pursuant to Article 23(4)(b) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee declaring that all importers wishing to operate under Article 7(1)(a)(ii) and Article 7(1)(b)(ii) of Decision No 1/2023 have been granted authorisations in accordance with Articles 9 and 11 of, and Annex III to, Decision No 1/2023.</li></ul><p>The Committee also received an update on the work of the Withdrawal Agreement Specialised Committees that had met since the last meeting on 3 July 2023. <br> <br> The Committee adopted the Decision:</p><ul><li>on adding two newly adopted Union acts to the Framework on Moldova and Ukraine trade liberalising measures</li></ul>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":7,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1664706,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2023-10-16T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1664708","method":"GET"}]}