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Future relationship agreements
Practical Law UK Glossary w-029-0843 (Approx. 4 pages)
Glossary
Future relationship agreements
The agreements negotiated between the UK and the EU during 2020, which applied on a provisional basis from the end of the transition period, and entered into force at 11.00 pm (UK time) on 30 April 2021:
The TCA is an association agreement, the security of classified information agreement is a supplementing agreement to the TCA, and further supplementing agreements may be added (Article 2) (see Practice note, UK-EU trade and co-operation agreement: institutional framework: Supplementing agreements to the trade and co-operation agreement).
Section 37(1) of the European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020 defines a future relationship agreement to mean the following, as modified or supplemented from time to time:
- The three 2020 agreements.
- Supplementing agreements under Article 2 of the TCA and any other agreements under the three 2020 agreements or supplementing agreements, provided they are not treaties to which section 20 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 applies (see Practice note, European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020: Definition of future relationship agreement).
For more information on the future relationship agreements, see UK legal change post-transition and UK-EU agreements toolkit: Future UK-EU relationship.