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Joint statement on the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee meeting, 28 September 2023

The FCDO Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty and the Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission, John Watson gave a joint UK-EU statement on 28 September 2023.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Leo Docherty
• Published: 28 September 2023

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Joint statement by the Alternate Co-chairs of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee following their meeting on 28 September 2023:

The United Kingdom and the European Union today held a meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee, co-chaired at alternate level by the FCDO Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty MP and the Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission, John Watson.

The Joint Committee took stock of discussions under the Withdrawal Agreement framework since the last meeting on 3 July 2023. The alternate co-chairs welcomed the progress made and reiterated their mutual commitment to continued work to ensure the full implementation of all the elements of the Windsor Framework in a faithful way.

In the context of the implementation of Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023, the European Union made a Declaration pursuant to Article 23(4)(a) and the United Kingdom made a Declaration pursuant to Article 23(4)(b). The Joint Committee also adopted Decision No 4/2023.

Notes

1. Decision No. 4/2023 of the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of 28 September 2023: adding two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework.
2. Declaration by the Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from The European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of 28 September 2023: pursuant to Article 23 (4), point (a), of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee.
3. Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of 28 September 2023 on the authorisation of importers wishing to operate under Article 7(1)(a)(ii) and Article 7(1)(b)(ii) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee.

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Published 28 September 2023