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date	15/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 14 March (HL6444), (1) whether the European Commission, the Committee of Permanent Representatives, the European Parliament and the European Court of Justice are all legally bound to adhere to the deal agreed at the February European Council before the Treaties are changed to reflect its decisions, and (2) when they expect that Treaty change to take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2016 answer text The International Law Decision contains legally binding and irreversible provisions specifying how certain articles in the EU Treaties should be interpreted. That interpretation will apply to all EU institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that it is required to take such Decisions into account when interpreting the Treaties. The Committee of Representatives is composed of officials representing Member States, all of which are legally bound by the International Law Decision. The President of the European Commission and the President of the European Parliament have endorsed the Decision and committed themselves to facilitate the passage of the relevant EU secondary legislation for those aspects that require implementing legislation. The Decision includes a legally binding and irreversible commitment that the Member States will at the next opportunity, and subject to compliance with their respective constitutional requirements and the procedures in the EU Treaties, amend the EU Treaties to address key UK concerns. answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 31/03/2016 14:13:09 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

476487

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 14 March (HL6444), whether future Governments of the other EU member states are bound by the deal agreed at the February European Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL7062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2016 answer text <p>The Decision of the Heads of State of Government, meeting within the European Council, on 18 and 19 February 2016 was agreed to by all Member States and is a legally binding International Law Decision that has been registered with the UN as an international treaty.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 31/03/2016 14:12:40 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch