Agenda: Trade Specialised Committee on Level Playing Field for Open and Fair Competition and Sustainable Development under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement 15th October 2025, London
Updated 6 October 2025
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1. Opening remarks and adoption of the agenda
2. Discussion on issues related to subsidy control, competition and state owned enterprises:
a. Enforcement of the UK subsidy control system
b. Enforcement of the EU State Aid system
c. Support measures announced in the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy
d. EU Clean Industrial Deal: including Clean Industry State Aid Framework (CISAF)
e. State-owned enterprises: Nationalisation of UK industries
f. EU Competitiveness Compass:European Competitiveness Fund (ECF)
g. UK-EU competition policy: Update on implementation of EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act
h. EU-UK Competition Cooperation Agreement update
3. Discussion on issues related to labour and social standards:
a. UK Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Bill
b. EU Quality Jobs Roadmap
c. UK labour rights consultations
d. EU Union of Skills
4. Discussion on issues related to environment and climate:
a. UK voluntary carbon and nature markets
b. EU Circular Economy Act
c. UK Planning and Infrastructure Bill
d. Future EU environmental legislation simplification update
e. EU-UK ETS linking: Stocktake
f. Article 395 of the TCA:Stocktake of discussions
5. Discussion on other instruments for trade and sustainable development:
a. UK’s Responsible Business Conduct review
b. Updates to the UK Modern Slavery Act
c. EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
d. EU Forced Labour Regulation