UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to Jersey: Official Channel Correspondence: Extension

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A decision made on 31 December 2020

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-ER-2020-0069
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Extension of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to Jersey: Official Channel correspondence
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Private Secretary	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT?		Public
REPORT TITLE: Extension of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to Jersey: Official Channel correspondence
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Director, External Relations	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT		Qualified Exempt – Article 41
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for External Relations – Further to the approval given by the States Assembly on 27th December 2020 of Proposition P.170/2020; Further to correspondence sent on 27th December 2020 by the Minister for External Relations and the Chief Minister to the Lord Chancellor (in accordance with Part (b) of P.170/2020) confirming the decision of the States Assembly that Jersey should participate in the TCA subject to the 90-day confirmatory period and, on that basis, giving a notification of consent for the extension of the TCA to the Bailiwick; and Noting the advice of HM Attorney General that, based on an initial consideration of the full legal text of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), the Bailiwick of Jersey is prepared and able to implement the Agreement on 1st January 2021 – Approved that correspondence should be sent via the Official Channel confirming the agreement of the Bailiwick of Jersey to its inclusion in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, in accordance with and as set out in P.170/2020.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: There are no resource implications for the States of Jersey as a result of this decision.
ACTION REQUIRED: The correspondence to be provided to the Bailiff for submission via the Official Channel
SIGNATURE: SENATOR IAN GORST			POSITION: MINISTER FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS

DATE SIGNED			EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY