Industry body with representatives from all sections of the construction industry.

Issue Details Title Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management Parties 92 (including Euratom) Location Vienna Adopted 5 September 1997 Came into force 18 June 2001 Subject Safety of spent fuel and radioactive material Why is the Convention a ‘Joint Convention’? The Preamble sets out the reasons as being: • nuclear reactors produce both spent fuel and radioactive waste • the same safety objectives apply to both • the worldwide importance of ensuring sound practices apply to both, and • that reprocessing and disposal are different options open to States dealing with spent fuel What are the objectives of the Joint Convention? The objectives, set out in Article 1, are: • to achieve and maintain a high level of safety worldwide in spent fuel and radioactive waste management through ◦ national measures, and ◦ international cooperation • protection of the

This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023 which gives legal effect to the Windsor Package. As such, it deals with the application of EU regulation in Northern Ireland, safeguarding the EU and UK’s internal markets, the green lane for movement of goods between the UK and Northern Ireland, movement of parcels, the required authorisations as well as reporting requirements for the movement of goods. Introduction On 27 February 2023, the UK Prime Minster and the EU Commission President reached a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol, called the ‘Windsor Package’. This was a political decision which required legal text to give effect thereto. The legal text has now been approved as on 24 March 2023 the Joint Committee reached Decision No 1/2023. The Joint Committee is made up of UK and EU representatives and is co-chaired at ministerial level by a members of the EU Commission and the UK government. The Joint Committee is empowered, by Article 164(5)(d) of the Withdrawal Agreement, to make decisions that amends

The UK and Irish Governments have published a joint framework announcing major reforms to the Northern Ireland Troubles legacy investigation system. The UK and Irish Governments have acknowledged that the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 is not fit for purpose, having been found to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, undermining the Good Friday Agreement. A number of reforms are proposed. In particular, the UK Government will introduce a Remedial Order under the Human Rights Act 1998 to remove the Immunity Scheme and lift restrictions on civil proceedings. Further reforms will be enacted through primary legislation, including the introduction of a reformed Legacy Commission overseen by a new statutory Oversight Board, replacing the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery with expanded investigative powers, revised governance and oversight, and a new judge-led Inquisitorial Mechanism to ensure transparency and legal participation for victims’ families. Further proposals include replacement of current legislative prohibitions on Troubles-related inquests, stronger conflict-of-interest duties, revised disclosure rules and enhanced cross-border cooperation.

This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the Joint Initiative on Services Domestic Regulation. It elaborates on the mandatory disciplines applicable to all services and voluntary alternatives applicable to financial services as defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Annex on Financial Services. Introduction Trade in services is regulated by the GATS. In January 2000 Member States started negotiations to further liberalise trade in services. These negotiations began under the original mandate contained in Article XIX of the GATS. Article XIX requires Member States to commence with negotiations on more progressive liberalisation in trade in services by January 2020. These negotiations eventually formed part of the Doha Round of trade negotiations which have not been concluded and as such there was no revised multilateral agreement on trade in services. In December 2011 the Member States, through the Ministerial Conference adopted a waiver which permits Member States to grant preferential treatment to services and service supplied from least developed Member States. A plurilateral effort, the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA,) to negotiate

Made up of eight representatives from various recognised professional bodies and from the Insolvency Service, it develops, improves and maintains insolvency standards from a regulatory, ethical and best practice perspective. It's responsible for the Statements of Insolvency Practice (SIPs) and it comments on legislation.

A committee made up of ten representatives from various recognised professional bodies, oversight bodies, and lay members. The JIC develops, improves and maintains insolvency standards from a regulatory, ethical and best practice perspective. It’s responsible for the Statements of Insolvency Practice (SIPs) and it comments on legislation.

There is no express statutory provision in either the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986) or the Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA 1925) dealing with the resignation of an LPA receiver. Nor is there express statutory provisions dealing with the position of the remaining receiver following the resignation of his/her joint receiver. The sections of IA 1986 that refer to joint appointments and whether joint appointees act jointly and severally (IA 1986, s 231) and resignation of office (IA 1986, s 45) refer to administrative receivers and not LPA receivers. If the instrument under which

Joint operating agreement (JOA) is a contract to regulate the rights and obligations of multiple parties to an oil and gas concession, covering all phases of the concession's lifecycle

The Joint Protocol Relating to the Application of the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention 1992 which provides a link between the Vienna Convention and the Paris Convention.

Joint share ownership plans (JSOPs) also sometimes referred to as a ‘joint ownership agreement' (JOA). This is a type of employee share incentive plan under which the employee participant owns shares jointly with a third party, which is typically the trustee of an employee benefit trust (EBT).

This Practice Note provides practical guidance on the settled text of the Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce. It addresses the themes of enabling e-commerce, openness and e-commerce, trust and e-commerce, transparency, cooperation and development and telecommunication. Introduction E-commerce has a long history at the World Trade Organization (WTO). For further background hereon, see Practice Note: E-commerce and the WTO. More recently, at the 11th Ministerial Conference, a number of WTO Members agreed to initiate exploratory work towards future WTO negotiation on trade-related aspects of e-commerce, in the so-called Joint Statement on Electronic Commerce (Joint Initiative). The Joint Initiative sought to achieve a high standard outcome that builds on existing WTO agreement and frameworks with participation of as many Member States as possible. On 26 July 2024, the Joint Initiative co-conveners, Australia, Japan and Singapore confirmed that, after five years of negotiations, participants to the Joint Initiative have achieved a stabilised text. The Joint Initiative is set to benefit consumers and businesses involved in digital trade, especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)