Police cooperation and exchange of information under the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement (TCA).

Arnell, Paul; Bock, Stefanie; Davies, Gemma; Wörner, Liane

Abstract

Titles II-V and Title IX of Part III of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and UK (TCA) govern police cooperation and the exchange of information. They are of critical importance in maintaining an adequate level of interaction between the EU and UK criminal justice authorities including the sharing of information in the fight against crime. As expected, the high level and intricate nature of cooperation between EU Member States was lost to the UK. Its maintenance was impossible. Several issues stood in its way, not least of which was the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). That noted, a somewhat reassuring degree of cooperation and information subsists under the TCA, particularly in the light of the spectre of a no-deal Brexit.

Citation

ARNELL, P., BOCK, S., DAVIES, G. and WÖRNER, L. [2021]. Police cooperation and exchange of information under the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement (TCA). New journal of European criminal law [online], (accepted).

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 27, 2021
• Deposit Date: Jan 29, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 29, 2021
• Journal: New journal of European criminal law
• Print ISSN: 2032-2844
• Electronic ISSN: 2399-293X
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: Trade and cooperation agreement (TCA); Police; Exchange of information; EU; UK; Criminal justice authorities
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1149019