Agenda: Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: third meeting, 4 October 2023
Updated 3 October 2024
Date: 4 October 2023
1. Opening remarks and adoption of the agenda
2. Discussion on issues related to subsidy control and competition:
- EU Green Deal Industrial Plan Subsidy Control and Spending
- Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP)
- UK subsidy control matters
- Freeports and Investment Zones; update on enforcement of the UK Subsidy Control Regime; and British Industry Supercharger
- EU Competition Policy including Digital Markets Act
- UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Protection Bill
3. Discussion on issues related to labour and social standards, environment and climate and other instruments for trade and sustainable development:
- UK update on Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act
- UK and EU Labour Policy updates
- UK labour consultations related to REUL and UK legislative updates (Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023 and Private Members Bills)
- EU legislative updates: EU Women on Boards, Pay Transparency; Adequate Minimum Wages Directives; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions
- EU environmental planning rules in EU Critical Raw Materials Act and Net Zero Industry Act
- UK-EU climate policy updates
- UK and EU updates on Tackling Illegal trade in F-Gases; UK ETS and EU ETS Policy Updates; UK update on Powering Up Britain; and EU update on net zero partnerships and climate cooperation in Net Zero Industry Act
- UK REACH and EU REACH updates
- UK-EU cooperation on Marine Spatial Planning