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Review of TCA implementation

• 皇冠体育app Parties agreed that overall, implementation of the LECJ part of the TCA had gone well and that the agreement was operating effectively. 皇冠体育app UK highlighted a small number of outstanding implementation issues in two EU Member States in relation to extradition and asset freezing and confiscation and noted the importance of having them resolved swiftly.

• Both Parties stressed the importance of respective authorities adhering to the timelines set in the agreement.

MLA standard form

• 皇冠体育app Parties noted that it was a shared priority to work swiftly to develop a standard form for MLA requests, noting useful scoping discussions to date, the need for consulting respective experts and practitioners, and the intention to make swift progress.

Prum ex ante evaluation

• 皇冠体育app Parties noted their agreement, through Decision 2021/1 of the Specialised Committee on 28 September, and as provided for in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, to a 9-month extension to the period during which the ex-ante evaluations of the UK鈥檚 DNA and fingerprint connections should be carried out, with a new deadline of 30 June 2022.

• 皇冠体育app Parties noted receipt by the UK on 14 October of the EU questionnaires to start the process for evaluating the UK鈥檚 current DNA and fingerprint connections and the appointment on 13 October of the EU expert team who will visit the UK in the second half of November. 皇冠体育app Parties recalled the commitment to take into account the previous UK evaluations during this process.

PNR report and assessment

• 皇冠体育app Parties considered the report provided under Article 552(12) of the TCA and the UK鈥檚 assessment that the special circumstances referred to in Article 552(10) persist.

• 皇冠体育appy noted that the opinion of the UK supervisory authority included with the report of the independent administrative body (IAB) provided under Article 552(12) of the TCA was based only on the information contained in the report of the IAB. 皇冠体育app UK indicated that in view of the unique situation arising as a result of COVID-19 the UK supervisory authority was prepared to provide a note to complement its opinion in November following a review of the operation of the interim period safeguards undertaken directly by the UK supervisory authority.

• 皇冠体育app Partnership Council will decide on the extension of the interim period pursuant to Article 552(13).

Forward look to future meeting agendas

• 皇冠体育app Parties agreed that a further meeting of the Specialised Committee should take place at an appropriate point in 2022 where it will further review the implementation of the TCA.

Annex 1: List of participants in the first meeting of the Specialised Committee on Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation (LEJC)

UK delegation (16)

• UK co-chair of the specialised committee on LEJC
• UK government Officials from Home Office and Cabinet Office Scottish Government Official
• Welsh government Official Northern Ireland Executive Official
• UK Mission to the European Union Officials

EU delegation (42)

• EU Co-Chairs of the Specialised Committee on LEJC
• European Commission Officials
• European External Action Service Official
• delegation of the European Union to the UK Official
• representatives of EU Member States