Food for thought: The Commission’s UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate

In this post, John Bell, LLM (Queen Mary University of London), former Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament, discusses the European Commission’s negotiating mandate for a UK-EU common sanitary and phytosanitary (“SPS”) area published on 16 July 2025 (“UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiating mandate”) and its significance for UK-EU relations law.

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A Dedicated Mechanism Enforcing Article 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol

In this post, Tasneem Ghazi of King’s College London summarises the findings of a report commissioned by the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland on adhering to Article 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The Report also includes a literature review on parliamentary scrutiny in Westminster more generally.

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