The implications of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Please note: Each EPRS Study is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, appraises the implications of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and protection of personal data for law enforcement purposes.

It maps the various policy areas in which the UK was currently participating and analysed the requirements for the disentanglement of the UK from them, as well as the prerequisites for possible UK participation in AFSJ policies after withdrawal. Furthermore, it provided an assessment of the political and operational impact of Brexit for the EU in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.

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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, December 2017: The implications of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union for the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/596824/IPOL_STU(2017)596824_EN.pdf

United Kingdom: Department for Exiting the European Union: Policy Paper, September 2017: Security, law enforcement and criminal justice: a future partnership paper http://www.europeansources.info/record/security-law-enforcement-and-criminal-justice-a-future-partnership-paper/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

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