Brussels, 24 November 2021
Members of EU civil society held their first Domestic Advisory Group meeting on the TCA. The EU UK DAG is unique in the sense that it feeds input to EU and UK officials on the implementation of the entire agreement. This is a break from earlier practice in EU trade agreements where DAGs only looked on labor and environment provisions of free trade agreements.
This week’s DAG was mainly a kick-off meeting. It was attended by 21 EU business associations (among which CER and FEPORT on behalf of the transport sector), labor unions and NGOs and hosted – as all DAGs – by the European Economic and Social Committee.
A wide range of topics were discussed apart from the usual environmental or labor topics such as implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol and market access – notably public procurement and movement of persons (Mode 4).
Source: Borderlex and FEPORT