Summary
This regulation ensures that vital cross-border cooperation programmes between Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Scotland continue despite Brexit by providing special legal exemptions for funding. 10 27.03.2019
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social policy
european union
public administration
international relations
Key points
- Ensures that essential cross-border cooperation continues despite the UK leaving the EU.
- Specifically protects the PEACE IV and United Kingdom-Ireland programmes to maintain peace and community relations.
- Allows for spending in Northern Ireland and parts of Scotland by exempting these areas from standard EU budget limits on non-EU spending.
- Maintains existing management and auditing authorities to ensure administrative continuity.
Documents (PDFs)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to allow for the continuation of the territorial cooperation programmes PEACE IV (Ireland-United Kingdom) and United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland) in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Continuation of the territorial cooperation programmes PEACE IV (Ireland-United Kingdom) and United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland) in the context of the UK's withdrawal from the EU ***I
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