Abbreviations

AC

appeal cases

All ER

All England Law Reports

ASFJ

Area for Security, Freedom and Justice

CBAM

carbon-border adjustment mechanism

CCPC

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

CCR

Concession Contracts Regulations 2016

CETA

EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

CFR

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

CITES

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

CJEU

Court of Justice of the European Union

CMA

Competition and Markets Authority

CMLR

Common Market Law Reports

COE

Council of Europe

CRD

Citizens’ Rights Directive

CTA

Common Travel Area

DRM

dispute resolution mechanism

DUP

Democratic Unionist Party

EAW

European arrest warrant

EAT

employment appeal tribunal

EC

European Community

ECA 1972

European Communities Act 1972

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

ECJ

European Court of Justice

ECN

European Competition Network

ECR

European Court Reports

ECRIS

European Criminal Records Information System

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

EDPB

European Data Protection Board

EEA

European Economic Area

EEC

European Economic Community

EFTA

European Free Trade Association

EHIC

European Health Insurance Card

EHRR

European Human Rights Reports

EIO

European investigation order

ERASMUS+

EU exchange programme for education, training, youth and sport

EU

European Union

EUFRA

European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020

EUMR

EU Merger Regulation

Eurojust

European Judicial Cooperation Union

Europol

European Police Office

EUWA 2018

European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018

EUWAA 2020

European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020

EWCA

England and Wales Court of Appeal

EWHC

England and Wales High Court

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GB

Great Britain

GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation

GPA

WTO General Procurement Agreement

HL

House of Lords

HMRC

HM Revenue and Customs

HRA

Human Rights Act 1998

HS

Harmonized System

ICJ

International Court of Justice

ICN

International Competition Network

ICR

Industrial Cases Reports

IEHC

Irish High Court

ILC

International Law Commission

ILO

International Labour Organization

ILTR

Irish Law Times Reports

IMA

Independent Monitoring Authority

INISC

Specialised Committee on the Implementation of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland

IR

Irish Reports

JC

Joint Committee

JCWG

Joint Consultative Working Group

LIBE

Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NEFM

non-EU family members

NICA

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OJ

Official Journal of the European Communities

PCA

Permanent Court of Arbitration

PCR

Public Contracts Regulations 2016

PPN

Procurement Policy Note

Protocol

The Ireland–Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement

PSNI

Police Service of Northern Ireland

QB

Queen’s Bench

SEM

Single Electricity Market

SI

Statutory Instrument

SIS II

Second-Generation Information System

SME

small and medium-sized enterprise

SPS

sanitary and phytosanitary

TCA

Trade and Cooperation Agreement

TEU

Treaty on European Union

TFEU

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

TSS

Trader Support Service

UCC

Union Customs Code

UCR

Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016

UK

United Kingdom

UKCRIS

Criminal Record Information System

UKHL

House of Lords

UKSC

United Kingdom Supreme Court

UKTPO

UK Trade Policy Observatory

UKUT

Upper Tribunal

UN

United Nations

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

VAT

value added tax

VCLT

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

WA

Withdrawal Agreement

WTO

World Trade Organization