Thread by @StevePeers

EU 'no deal' unilateral contingency measures published - to deal with aviation, air safety, road haulage, fisheries

press release - ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

legal texts - ec.europa.eu/info/publicati…

Except for reg on aviation safety, proposed laws "will automatically stop when an agreement enters into force or stop after a fixed period if no agreement enters into force (6 months for the air services and road related measures and 1 year for the fisheries related measures)"

Commission points out that visa waiver for short term visits of UK citizens is already legislated for. Discussion here: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/04/travel…

Basic principles: no deal contingency measures are temporary, unilateral (though some depend on reciprocity) and fall short of membership or FTA. Not applicable to Gibraltar.

Aviation: proposals on flights (for six months) and aviation safety. No proposal this time on ownership and control of air carriers.

Road transport: law applicable for 6 months re road haulage and buses. Bus proposal includes derogation for Ireland.

Rail transport: summary of proposal from two weeks ago to apply Channel tunnel authorisation for a limited period. Applies while France and UK negotiate amendment to Channel tunnel treaty (on basis of EU law already in force)

Fisheries: proposal is probably fanfic on EU side. Add it to the piles of Brexity and Remainer fanfic in the UK.

Budget issues related to no deal. Note that the Commission says also that UK participation in Northern Ireland peace funding programme can continue.

National contingency measures: Commission wags fingers at Member States. Nb not every issue is within EU exclusive competence.

Note the legislation proposed today (for link to the texts, see the first tweet) would have to be agreed by the EU Council and European Parliament to become law. But similar proposals were adopted quickly re the prospect of no withdrawal agreement in spring 2019.

Commission points out that the post-transition parts of the withdrawal agreement apply even if there's no trade deal - including the citizens rights part and the Northern Ireland protocol

Proposal on aviation would prohibit Member States from bilateral negotiations. But it also provides for a possible separate EU/UK agreement on aviation, which might be applied provisionally (ie pending formal ratification). Ditto road transport proposal.