# Council Decision (EU) 2020/2186 of 17 December 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community as regards practical working arrangements relating to the exercise of the rights of Union representatives, Article 6: Modalities of requesting control measures


1. Union representatives may request control measures in individual cases, both orally and in writing. Such requests shall duly state the reasons for requesting the specific control measure. Requests shall ordinarily be directed at the relevant United Kingdom authority’s contact person, but oral requests may also be directed at a representative of the authorities of the United Kingdom.
2. The United Kingdom authorities shall carry out the requested control measure expeditiously.
3. If the authorities of the United Kingdom consider that the reasons given by Union representatives for their request are insufficient or unclear, the authorities of the United Kingdom may ask Union representatives to clarify or explain their reasons in greater detail.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/2186/attachment/1/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-2186/attachment-1/article-6
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