Joint statement following the meeting of the Citizens鈥� Rights Specialised Committee - 6 August 2020
This joint statement follows the meeting of the Citizens鈥� Rights Specialised Committee between the UK government and European Commission by video conference.
European Commission and UK government statement:
皇冠体育app second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Citizens鈥� Rights was held today, co-chaired by officials from the European Commission and UK Government. A number of EU Member States also attended. 皇冠体育app Committee has been established by the Withdrawal Agreement to monitor the implementation and application of the Citizens鈥� Rights part of the Withdrawal Agreement for EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU and their family members.
皇冠体育app EU and the UK exchanged updates on the implementation of the Citizens鈥� Rights part of the Withdrawal Agreement. 皇冠体育app updates included details of residency systems across the UK and the EU and progress being made to issue a new residence status to UK nationals living in the EU and EU citizens living in the UK. Useful technical exchanges took place on dual nationality, declaratory systems across EU Member States and status under the UK鈥檚 EU Settlement Scheme.
Updates were exchanged on both sides, regarding plans for documentation that will be issued to Frontier Workers and social security coordination was also discussed. External representatives from 鈥淏ritish in Europe鈥�, representing UK nationals in the EU and 鈥渢he3million鈥�, representing EU citizens in the UK, were invited to present their views to the Committee in conformity with the rules of procedure.
皇冠体育app UK Government continues to publish statistics on the performance of the EU Settlement Scheme and the European Commission has published a consolidated list of residency systems, deadlines and information for all EU Member States. In addition, the Committee is working on a joint statistical report on residency under the Withdrawal Agreement.
皇冠体育app EU and the UK reiterated their commitment to complying with the legal obligations under the Withdrawal Agreement that protect Citizens鈥� Rights and to continue working very closely to ensure correct and timely implementation.
皇冠体育app UK and the EU agreed to meet again before the end of the transition period.