Digital Trade in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union, the European Atomic Energy Community and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Dragoș Mihail Mănescu

doi:10.2478/picbe-2021-0090

Abstract

Abstract In the context of the exponential growth in volume of digital trade and the diversification of its forms of implementation, the present article analyzed the framework provisions contained in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, provisions governing the conduct of post-Brexit digital trade.

Highlights

After carrying out intense and difficult negotiations based on the provisions of art. 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (which states that the Union may conclude agreements with one or more third countries or international organizations to create an association characterized by mutual rights and obligations, joint actions and special procedures) - ex Article 310 TEC – on 24.12.2020, just five days before the deadline of 01.01.2021 when the United Kingdom was to leave the largest trade alliance in the world, was concluded the Trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (see text of the agreement: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/PDF/ ?uri=CELEX:22020A1231(01)&from=RO).The main document, namely the Trade Agreement, was supplemented by agreements on nuclear energy, agreements on the exchange of classified information and their protection, civilian nuclear energy and a number of joint declarations.The trade agreement is essentially an economic and social partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom
After carrying out intense and difficult negotiations based on the provisions of art. 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, - ex Article 310 TEC – on 24.12.2020, just five days before the deadline of 01.01.2021 when the United Kingdom was to leave the largest trade alliance in the world, was concluded the Trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (see text of the agreement: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/PDF/ ?uri=CELEX:22020A1231(01)&from=RO)
For each Member separately, including Romania, the governmental entities authorized to carry out these operations, as well as the categories of goods, services and construction works that fall under the scope of the Agreement.Regarding the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), we specify that, in addition to regulating the rights and obligations of the parties, the instructions, good practices and procedures for resolving disputes, it includes standards on the use of electronic means in public procurement (Țurcan, Ungureanu, 2020, p. 27)

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Introduction

After carrying out intense and difficult negotiations based on the provisions of art. 217 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, (which states that the Union may conclude agreements with one or more third countries or international organizations to create an association characterized by mutual rights and obligations, joint actions and special procedures) - ex Article 310 TEC – on 24.12.2020, just five days before the deadline of 01.01.2021 when the United Kingdom was to leave the largest trade alliance in the world, was concluded the Trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (see text of the agreement: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/RO/TXT/PDF/ ?uri=CELEX:22020A1231(01)&from=RO).The main document, namely the Trade Agreement, was supplemented by agreements on nuclear energy, agreements on the exchange of classified information and their protection, civilian nuclear energy and a number of joint declarations.The trade agreement is essentially an economic and social partnership between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The Parties specify that no provision of the Agreement shall prevent a Party from adopting or maintaining measures concerning the protection of personal data and privacy, including with regard to cross-border transfers of data, provided that:

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