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(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether UK representatives will be able to (a) attend and (b) participate in meetings of the (i) European Aviation Safety Authority, (ii) European Medicines Agency and (iii) the European Chemicals Agency after 1 April 2019.


Answered by
Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 16th April 2018

The agreement we have reached with the EU on the terms of the implementation period will enable UK participation in EU bodies and agencies during this period where it is in the mutual interest of the UK and the EU. The exact nature of that participation will be a matter for further discussion.

As a non-member state, we have been clear that the UK will no longer have the same role in the decision-making of the EU. However, it is clearly in the interests of both sides that the UK continues to participate in some EU agencies, bodies and meetings.

The Prime Minister set out in her Mansion House Speech on 2 March 2018 that we will want to explore with the EU, the terms on which the UK could remain part of EU agencies such as those that are important for the chemicals, medicines and aerospace industries: the EMA, the ECHA and EASA.

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