Part 1

Dear Deputy Mary Lowe, President of the Committee for Home Affairs,

I have the honour to propose to you the ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE STATES OF GUERNSEY (THE GOVERNMENT OF GUERNSEY) CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM-CROWN DEPENDENCIES CUSTOMS UNION (the ARRANGEMENT), at the Appendix to this letter.

I have the further honour to propose that, if the above is acceptable to the States of Guernsey, this letter and the Appendix together with your reply will constitute our mutual acceptance of the provisions of the ARRANGEMENT.

Mel Stride

Dear Financial Secretary,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 26 November 2018, which reads as follows:

“Dear Deputy Mary Lowe, President of the Committee for Home Affairs,

I have the honour to propose to you the ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE STATES OF GUERNSEY (THE GOVERNMENT OF GUERNSEY) CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM-CROWN DEPENDENCIES CUSTOMS UNION (the ARRANGEMENT), at the Appendix to this letter.

I have the further honour to propose that, if the above is acceptable to the States of Guernsey, this letter and the Appendix together with your reply will constitute our mutual acceptance of the provisions of the ARRANGEMENT.”

I am able to confirm that the contents of your letter of 26 November 2018 are acceptable to the States of Guernsey, and therefore that this letter together with your letter and its Appendix constitute our mutual acceptance of the provisions of the ARRANGEMENT.

Deputy Mary Lowe, President of the Committee for Home Affairs