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Beyond Brexit—UK agreements with Estonia, Switzerland, Russian Federation and Latvia presented to Parliament

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Published on: 18 June 2021

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LNB News 18/06/2021

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Issue Date: 18 June 2021

Published Date: 18 June 2021

Jurisdiction(s): England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Estonia, Russian Federation and Switzerland

Article summary

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has published four international agreements which have been laid before Parliament. The agreements relate to the prevention of incidents at sea (UK-Russian Federation), the protection of classified information (UK-Estonia and UK-Latvia) and the mutual recognition of authorised economic operator programmes (UK-Switzerland).

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