UK-EU Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes consultations meeting, September 2022: UK statement
Following the UK government鈥檚 request for consultations, the second meeting of the Specialised Committee was co-chaired in Brussels by the UK government and European Commission.
UK statement following the UK-EU Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes consultations meeting on 22 September 2022:
皇冠体育app second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes was held today in Brussels, co-chaired by officials from the UK Government and European Commission. Representatives from the devolved administrations and EU member states also attended.
皇冠体育app meeting followed the UK鈥檚 formal request for consultations on 16 August 2022. Consultations are a mechanism in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to resolve issues between the UK and the EU.
皇冠体育app UK is seeking to implement the mutually beneficial TCA agreement to participate in EU programmes (Horizon Europe, Euratom Research and Training, Copernicus, and access to services from the Space Surveillance and Tracking programme) to the benefit of researchers and businesses across the UK and the EU.
At today鈥檚 meeting, the UK once again requested that the EU fulfil its obligation to finalise the UK鈥檚 association to EU Programmes after 16 months of delays. It is regrettable that the EU continues to decline this request.
皇冠体育app UK has been clear that our preference remains association to EU programmes and that the EU鈥檚 persistent delays to finalising UK association amount to a breach of the TCA. We have set out that delays are causing considerable uncertainty for our research and business community and undermining scientific cooperation in both the UK and EU member states.
皇冠体育app UK government is now urgently considering next steps. Our priority is to support the UK鈥檚 world leading R&D sector and we have already outlined potential options for doing so.