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Operation of the SEM after the end of the Brexit transition period

Nov 2020

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The SEM Committee has today published an updated statement on the operation of the SEM after the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020. This confirms the position where...

Competition law, merger control and State aid in Ireland in the time of Brexit

Nov 2020

While Brexit makes the UK a third country for the purposes of EU law, Ireland's proximity (geographically and econonomically) to the UK makes the application of competition law to cross-border...

Ireland proposes new Brexit legislation

Oct 2020

Ireland has published the "General Scheme" of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020.

2 October 2020: Conclusion of the ninth Brexit negotiating round

Oct 2020

On 2 October 2020, the EU and UK concluded their ninth round of negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship.The negotiations had been held between 29 September and 2 October.

Brexit: Another Day, Another Letter: EU threatens legal action against the UK

Oct 2020

When the history of Brexit is written, much will be made about the letters which have travelled between Brussels and London.

Brexit: Everyone is at 6s and 7s…Let the seventh round (or the sixth) commence….

Aug 2020

On 13 August 2020, the European Commission and the UK Government published the agenda for the seventh round of the UK-EU Future Relationship Agreement. This round will be held between 18 and 21 August 2020...

Brexit: EU and UK see eye-to-eye on video conference but no-one can see way out of logjam (just yet)

Jun 2020

On 15 June 2020, almost four years after the UK voted to leave the EU, there was a video conference between the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission, the European...

Brexit: The fog is now clear – the UK is not extending the transition period

Jun 2020

Until now, it was possible, but not very likely, that the UK would seek an extension of the Brexit transition period beyond the current deadline of 31 December 2020.