Europaudvalget 2017-18
Det Europæiske Råd 19-20/10-17 Bilag 11
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European Council
Brussels, 20 October 2017
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CO EUR 21
CONCL 6
COVER NOTE
From:
General Secretariat of the Council
To:
Delegations
Subject:
European Council (Art. 50) meeting (20 October 2017)
- Conclusions
Delegations will find attached the conclusions adopted by the European Council
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at the above
meeting.
1
Following the notification under Article 50 TEU, the member of the European Council
representing the withdrawing Member State shall not participate in the discussions of the
European Council or in decisions concerning it.
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 Det Europæiske Råd den 19. oktober og Det Europæiske Råd (artikel 50) den 20. oktober 2017 - Bilag 11: Konklusioner fra mødet i Det Europæiske Råd (art. 50) 20/10-17
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Conclusions - 20 October 2017
1.
In the light of the first five rounds of negotiations, taking into account the assessment
presented by the Union negotiator and reaffirming its guidelines of 29 April 2017, the
European Council:
welcomes the progress made regarding citizens' rights and invites the negotiator to build
on the convergence achieved so as to provide the necessary legal certainty and
guarantees to all concerned citizens and their family members who shall be able to
exercise directly their rights derived from EU law and protected by the withdrawal
agreement, including through smooth and simple administrative procedures and the role
of the Court of justice of the European Union;
acknowledges that, as regards Ireland, there has been some progress on convergence on
principles and objectives regarding protection of the Good Friday Agreement and
maintenance of the Common Travel Area, and invites the Union negotiator to pursue
further refinement of these principles, taking into account the major challenge that the
UK’s withdrawal represents,
including as regards avoidance of a hard border, and
therefore expecting the UK to present and commit to flexible and imaginative solutions
called for by the unique situation of Ireland;
notes that, while the UK has stated that it will honour its financial obligations taken
during its membership, this has not yet been translated into a firm and concrete
commitment from the UK to settle all of these obligations.
2.
Building on this progress, the European Council calls for work to continue with a view to
consolidating the convergence achieved and pursuing negotiations in order to be able to move
to the second phase of the negotiations as soon as possible.
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 Det Europæiske Råd den 19. oktober og Det Europæiske Råd (artikel 50) den 20. oktober 2017 - Bilag 11: Konklusioner fra mødet i Det Europæiske Råd (art. 50) 20/10-17
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Conclusions - 20 October 2017
3.
At its next session in December, the European Council will reassess the state of progress in
the negotiations with a view to determining whether sufficient progress has been achieved on
each of the three above issues. If so, it will adopt additional guidelines in relation to the
framework for the future relationship and on possible transitional arrangements which are in
the interest of the Union and comply with the conditions and core principles of the guidelines
of 29 April 2017. Against this background, the European Council invites the Council (Art. 50)
together with the Union negotiator to start internal preparatory discussions.
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