Treasury written question – answered at on 10 January 2006.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many meetings of the EU (a) EEC-European Free Trade Association Joint Committee (and working parties), (b) Customs Cooperation Sub-committee— EEC-Canada, (c) Customs Cooperation Sub-committee—EEC-Korea and (d) Customs Cooperation Sub-committee—EEC-United States of America have taken place during the UK presidency of the EU; who presided over each meeting; which other UK representatives were present; what provisions were made for representation of the devolved governments; and if he will make a statement.
There have been three meetings of the EEC-European Free Trade Association Joint Committee (and working parties) during the UK presidency. The Commission chaired all these meetings and the UK representatives were from HMRC. Customs matters are a reserved matter for HMG and are not within the competence of the devolved governments.
There have been no meetings of the Customs Cooperation Committee EC-Canada during the UK presidency.
There have been no meetings of the Customs Cooperation Committee EC-Korea during the UK presidency.
There have been no meetings of the Customs Cooperation Committee EC-US during the UK presidency.
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