UK statement at the September 2022 meeting of the UK-EU Specialized Committee on Participation in Union Programmes


In response to the UK government’s request for consultations, the UK government and European Commission co-chaired the second meeting of the Specialised Committee in Brussels.

Following the discussions held between the UK and EU Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes on September 22nd,2022, the UK has released the following statement:

“The second meeting of the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes was held today in Brussels, co-chaired by officials from the UK Government and European Commission. Representatives from the devolved afdministrations and EU member states also attended.

“The meeting followed the UK’s formal request for consultations on 16 August 2022. Consultations are a mechanism in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement to resolve issues between the UK and the EU.

“The UK is seeking to implement the mutually beneficial Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) agreement to participate in EU programmes (Horizon Europe, Euratom Research and Training, Copernicus, and access to services from the Space Surveillance and Tracking programme) to the benefit of researchers and businesses across the UK and the EU.

“At today’s meeting, the UK once again requested that the EU fulfil its obligation to finalise the UK’s association to EU Programmes after 16 months of delays. It is regrettable that the EU continues to decline this request.

“The UK has been clear that our preference remains association to EU programmes and that the EU’s persistent delays to finalising UK association amount to a breach of the TCA. We have set out that delays are causing considerable uncertainty for our research and business community and undermining scientific cooperation in both the UK and EU member states.

“The UK government is now urgently considering next steps. Our priority is to support the UK’s world leading R&D sector and we have already outlined potential options for doing so.”


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