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<p>As article 129(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement makes clear, the UK will continue
to be bound by obligations arising from our international agreements during the implementation
period. We have agreed with the EU that they will notify treaty partners that the
UK is to be treated as a Member State for the purposes of its international agreements
with third countries during this period. The notification is intended to cover international
agreements as defined in the Withdrawal Agreement - international agreements concluded
by the Union, by Member States acting on its behalf, or by the Union and its Member
States acting jointly.</p><p>In accordance with the principle of sincere cooperation,
the UK has committed during the implementation period, to refrain from any action
or initiative which is likely to be prejudicial to the Union’s interests. In particular
in the framework of any international organisation, agency, conference or forum of
which the UK is a party in its own right. This will not prevent the UK from negotiating,
signing and ratifying new international agreements to come into force after the Implementation
Period, even where the subject matter of those agreements would ordinarily be within
the exclusive competence of the Union.</p><p> </p>
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