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1010408

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date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 November 2018, Official Report column 454, what the meaning is of the legal term best endeavours.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	192703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The reference to best endeavours in Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement is a legally binding commitment that requires the UK and the EU to conduct themselves so that negotiations on the future relationship are meaningful. It prohibits inflexible or obstructive behaviour and obliges the parties to pay reasonable regard to the interests of the other party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2018 15:18:14 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1010409

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 November 2018, Official Report column 454, what process there will be for resolution of any dispute as to whether best endeavours have been used.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	192704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>In the unlikely event that a Party considers that the other has not used best endeavours, as set out in Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the complaining Party could bring a complaint under the processes established by the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2018 15:19:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1010410

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 November 2018, Official Report column 454, what the sanction or other mode of enforcement will be for a failure to comply with the legal requirement to use best endeavours.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	192705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>In the unlikely event that it is determined that a Party has not complied with Article 184 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the primary remedy would be that the party in default would be obliged to return to the negotiating table and modify its position. In the event that there was further non-compliance, remedies may be imposed under the processes established by the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/11/2018 15:21:36 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope