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Joint Committee
Practical Law UK Glossary w-030-0861 (Approx. 4 pages)
Glossary
Joint Committee
The Joint Committee established under Article 164 of the UK-EU withdrawal agreement, which:
- Comprises UK and EU representatives and is co-chaired at ministerial level by a member of the European Commission and a representative of the UK government.
- Meets at least once a year and on request by the UK or the EU.
- Supervises and facilitates the implementation and application of the withdrawal agreement, decides on the tasks of the Specialised Committees and supervises their work, and provides a forum for consultation under the withdrawal agreement dispute settlement mechanism.
- Adopts decisions and makes recommendations by mutual consent. Decisions are binding and can include decisions amending the withdrawal agreement.
The withdrawal agreement also established six Specialised Committees which report to the Joint Committee, and the Joint Consultative Working Group on the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol which reports to the Specialised Committee on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
For more information on the Joint Committee and the institutional provisions of the withdrawal agreement, see Practice note, UK-EU withdrawal agreement: governance and dispute settlement.
For a tracker of Joint Committee decisions, Joint Committee meetings, and unilateral declarations made by the UK and the EU in the Joint Committee, see UK-EU withdrawal agreement: Joint Committee decisions, unilateral declarations and meetings: tracker.
For more Practical Law content on Brexit-related matters, including the withdrawal agreement, the future relationship agreements, and the operation of UK law after the end of the transition period, see UK legal change post-transition and UK-EU agreements toolkit and Practical Law's Brexit page.