European Union (Approvals) Act 2015 (repealed)
European Union (Approvals) Act 2015 (repealed)
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Overview of the Act
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The purpose of the Act is to approve two draft decisions of the Council of the European Union. This is to fulfil a requirement in section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 ("2011 Act") which enables the United Kingdom to vote in favour of the draft decisions.
The first draft decision is on the participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an observer in the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
The second draft decision is to update the instrument that formalises the Tripartite Social Summit (TSS), the long-established forum for high-level consultation between the EU institutions and the EU social partners. A new decision was proposed in order to take account of the changes in the EU’s legal and institutional framework in the last decade.
Type: UK Public General Act
Year and chapter: 2015 c. 37
Royal Assent: 2015-12-17
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk. Acts commence section by section — check the official text for commencement orders.