Second Meeting of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council

Statement

My Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (James Cleverly), has made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

The next meeting of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council will take place in London on 24 March 2023, with delegations attending in person and by video conference.

The meeting will be co-chaired by the Foreign Secretary the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP and Vice President of the European Commission Maroš Šefčovič.

The agenda will include:

1. Opening remarks by the co-Chairs and adoption of the agenda

2. Energy

1. Electricity trading (Article 312 TCA)
2. Security of supply cooperation and working arrangements for TSOs (Articles 315 and 317 TCA)
3. EU Green Deal Industrial Plan

3. Regulation

1. MoU on Financial Services
2. Working Groups (Article 9 TCA)
3. Intellectual Property
4. UK Retained EU Law Bill
5. Bill of Rights Bill

4. Security

1. Cooperation on cybersecurity (Article 703 TCA)
2. Cooperation on counterterrorism (Article 768 TCA)
3. Passenger Name Records (Article 552(4) TCA)

5. Union Programmes

6. AOB

7. Concluding remarks by the co-chairs