Policy paper

The Windsor Framework

The agreement reached by the UK and EU regarding the Windsor Framework.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP
• Published: 27 February 2023
• Last updated: 17 May 2024
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  1. 17 May 2024

     Updated Decision No 1/2024 of Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU: amending the Decision of the Joint Committee No 1/2023

  2. 30 January 2024

     A new document has been uploaded titled 'Draft decision of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee amending Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023'.

  3. 30 January 2024

     A new document has been uploaded titled 'Draft decision of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee amending Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023.'

  4. 9 June 2023

     Added EU Delegated Regulation to provide for simplified customs formalities for trusted traders and for sending parcels into Northern Ireland from another part of the United Kingdom

  5. 24 March 2023

     Updated documents.

  6. 10 March 2023

     Clerical correction.

  7. 7 March 2023

     Removed links to avoid duplication.

  8. 1 March 2023

     Updated with links to EU documents.

  9. 27 February 2023

     Updated with link to EU legal texts

  10. 27 February 2023

      First published.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

The Windsor Framework: a new way forward

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3937-8, CP 806

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Political Declaration by the European Commission and the Government of the United Kingdom

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UK Government Legal Position: The Windsor Framework

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Decision of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework

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Recommendation of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on market surveillance and enforcement

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Recommendation of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on Article 13(3a)

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Joint Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on the Windsor Framework

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Joint Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on the application of Article 10(1)

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Joint Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on Article 13(3a)

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Joint Declaration by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on dialogue and goods

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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

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Unilateral Declarations by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on market surveillance and enforcement

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Unilateral Declarations by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on export procedures for goods moving from Northern Ireland to other parts of the United Kingdom

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Unilateral Declarations by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the European Union in the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee on the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18

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

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Decision No 1/2024 of Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU: amending the Decision of the Joint Committee No 1/2023

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decision-no-12024-of-joint-committee-established-by-the-agreement-on-the-withdrawal-of-the-uk-from-the-eu-amending-the-decision-of-the-joint-committ

EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) – High-risk plants (Ligustrum delavayanum and Ligustrum japonicum) originating in the UK

https://commission.europa.eu/publications/commission-implementing-regulation-eu-high-risk-plants-ligustrum-delavayanum-and-ligustrum-japonicum_en

EU Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council – Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures

https://commission.europa.eu/publications/proposal-regulation-european-parliament-and-council-sanitary-and-phytosanitary-measures_en

EU Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council - Medicinal products for human use

https://commission.europa.eu/publications/proposal-regulation-european-parliament-and-council-medicinal-products-human-use_en

EU Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council – Tariff Rate Quotas

https://commission.europa.eu/publications/proposal-regulation-european-parliament-and-council-tariff-rate-quotas_en

EU legal texts

https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/relations-non-eu-countries/relations-united-kingdom/eu-uk-withdrawal-agreement/protocol-ireland-and-northern-ireland_en

Details

Details of the agreement reached by the UK and EU regarding the Windsor Framework.