Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 March 2015
26. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the EU's regulatory co-operation provisions in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/15]
View answerThe European Union's initial proposal for legal text on Regulatory Cooperation in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was tabled for discussion with the United States in the negotiating round of 2-6 February 2015. The text, which was made public by the Commission on 10 February 2015, can be found at the following link: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/february/tradoc_153120.pdf.
The draft contains proposed text establishing a regulatory co-operation body, the purpose of which would be to monitor and facilitate the implementation of any agreed regulatory co-operation provisions under TTIP.
It is usual that an international agreement would provide for the appropriate structures to oversee the implementation of the various provisions of the agreement, and so an appropriate structure should be provided for to oversee any regulatory co-operation provisions agreed under TTIP.
