Policy paper

Tenth meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee: provisional agenda

Published 20 March 2023

24 March 2023, 08:45am to 10:15am GMT. London, in-person and by video conference.

1. Welcome and opening remarks from the co-chairs

1.1 Formal adoption of the agenda

1.2. Stocktake of Specialised Committee activity 21 February 2022 to 24 March 2023

2. Update on Withdrawal Agreement Implementation in accordance with Article 164 of the Withdrawal Agreement

2.1. Citizens’ Rights

2.2. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland /The Windsor Framework

3. Decisions and recommendations of the Joint Committee and declarations in the Joint Committee

A Decision to be adopted and 2 Recommendations to be made by the Joint Committee

3.1 Decision No X/2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework

3.2 Recommendation No X/2023 on market surveillance and enforcement

3.3 Recommendation No X/2023 on Article 13(3a) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland

Joint Declarations to be made by the Union and the United Kingdom

3.4 Joint Declaration No XX/2023

3.5 Joint Declaration on the application of Article 10(1) of the Windsor Framework

3.6 Joint Declaration on Article 13(3a) of the Windsor Framework

3.7 Joint Declaration number X

3.8 Joint Declaration on the VAT regime for goods not being at risk for the Union’s internal market and on the VAT arrangements for cross border refunds

United Kingdom Unilateral Declarations and Union Unilateral Declarations taking note

3.9 Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom Involvement of the institutions of the 1998 Agreement (Annex 1 to the Decision No X/2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework)

3.10 Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on market surveillance and enforcement 3.10.1 Unilateral Declaration by the Union taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on market surveillance and enforcement

3.11 Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom

3.11.1 Unilateral Declaration by the Union taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom

3.12 Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor Framework

3.12.1 Unilateral Declaration by the Union taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Windsor Framework

3.13 Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland

3.13.1 Unilateral Declaration by the Union taking note of the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom on strengthening enforcement action for goods moved in parcels from another part of the United Kingdom to Northern Ireland

4. Any other business

5. Concluding remarks