Article 3 asserts EU legal jurisdiction over Gibraltar and British overseas territories in general terms, so where there are any disputes about EU control, may I take it that decisions would be made entirely by the European Court of Justice?
Article 5 reintroduces the powers of the European Court and enforces “sincere co-operation ” on us as I gather they do not want us impeding their plans for economic, monetary and political union.
Article 31 imposes social security co-ordination on us.
Article 39 gives special protection to EU citizens currently living in the UK from changes to social security for the whole of their lives, protection which the rest of us will not enjoy.
Article 51 applies parts of the VAT regime for an additional 5 years after the long transition envisaged in the Treaty.
Articles 92-93 imposes the EU state aids regime on the UK for 4 years beyond transition.
Article 95 imposes binding decisions by EU quangos and bodies for 4 years beyond transition.
Article 99 requires us to pay for access to records to handle issues over indirect tax where the EU keeps powers for four years beyond transition.
Article 127 applies the whole panoply of EU law throughout transition, including the right to legislate any way they wish against our interests and enforce it on us via the ECJ.
Article 130 prevents us taking back control of our fish any time soon. Would more of our fishing rights be given away trying to get an exit deal?
Article 135 allows them to send extra demands for money up to the end of 2028, amounts unspecified.
Article 140 imposes on us financial liabilities up to December 2020 and carry over into 2021.
Articles 144 and 150 prevent us getting back accumulated reserves and profits from our European Investment Fund and EIB shareholdings.
Article 143 imposes adverse conditions on us over pension and loan liabilities of the Union.
Article 155 requires us to make continuing payments to Turkey under an EU programme after we have left.
Article 158 gives the European Court continuing power for 8 years after transition.
Article 164 makes a Joint Committee an effective legislator and government over us.
Article 168, the exclusivity clause, denies us access to normal international law remedies in the event of disputes. Presumably this closes off use of the Vienna Convention to renounce an onerous Treaty where there has been a material change of circumstances.
Article 174 requires any arbitration to be governed by ECJ judgements on the application of law in disputes.
The Protocol on Northern Ireland will require us to stay in the Customs Union with regulatory and legal alignment with the single market, or split off a separate place called UK (NI) which will be governed differently to the rest of the UK on an island of Ireland basis.
In what way can this be thought of as a Treaty to take back control, or a Treaty for a newly independent nation? It does not quantify the financial liabilities, which are open ended and could be much larger than the modest £39bn Treasury estimate. We would have little power to abate the bills and no power to abort the bills. It would probably result even in failure to take back control of our fishing grounds.
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