European Council notification procedure

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European Union withdrawal mechanism legal procedure

The European Council notification procedure is the formal process by which a member state informs the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
European Council notification procedure canonical	1
European Union institutional procedure	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union withdrawal mechanism ⓘ legal procedure ⓘ
addressedTo	President of the European Council ⓘ
appliesTo	Member State of the European Union ⓘ
associatedWith	Brexit ⓘ
basedOn	Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ
category	EU Treaties ⓘ surface form: European Union constitutional law European Council notification procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: European Union institutional procedure
consequenceIfNoAgreement	EU Treaties cease to apply to the State two years after notification unless extended ⓘ
distinctFrom	accession procedure to the European Union ⓘ ratification of the withdrawal agreement ⓘ
example	United Kingdom’s notification of intention to withdraw on 29 March 2017 ⓘ
extensionMechanism	two-year period may be extended by unanimous decision of the European Council in agreement with the Member State ⓘ
followedBy	adoption of negotiation guidelines by the European Council ⓘ mandate for the European Commission or Union negotiator ⓘ
formalRequirement	notification must be explicit and unequivocal ⓘ
governedBy	European Union legal order ⓘ surface form: European Union law Treaty on European Union ⓘ
initiatedBy	government of a Member State ⓘ
institutionalRecipient	European Council ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Court of Justice of the European Union in the context of Article 50 TEU
language	notification may be submitted in an official language of the Union ⓘ
legalEffect	starts the two-year negotiation period under Article 50(3) TEU unless extended ⓘ triggers the Article 50 withdrawal process ⓘ
legalNature	unilateral act of the Member State addressed to the European Council ⓘ
linkedTo	Article 50(1) TEU right of any Member State to withdraw ⓘ Article 50(3) TEU rules on cessation of Treaties ⓘ Article 50(4) TEU exclusion of withdrawing State from certain Council and European Council discussions ⓘ
mentionedIn	Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union ⓘ
precedes	framework for future relationship negotiations ⓘ negotiation of arrangements for withdrawal ⓘ
preconditionFor	European Council guidelines for withdrawal negotiations ⓘ opening of withdrawal negotiations between the EU and the Member State ⓘ
purpose	to inform the European Council of a Member State’s intention to withdraw from the European Union ⓘ
relatedConcept	EU primary law ⓘ right of withdrawal from the European Union ⓘ
relatedTo	European Union membership ⓘ withdrawal agreement negotiations ⓘ
requiresActor	constitutional authorities of the notifying Member State ⓘ
requiresComplianceWith	national constitutional requirements of the Member State ⓘ
requiresForm	formal notification in writing ⓘ
requiresNotificationContent	clear statement of intention to withdraw from the European Union ⓘ
requiresNotificationToBe	delivered to the President of the European Council ⓘ
requiresTransparencyTo	EU institutions and other Member States ⓘ
subjectOf	legal and political debate on revocability of notification ⓘ
temporalScope	applies from the entry into force of Article 50 TEU ⓘ
territorialScope	European Union ⓘ
triggeredBy	political decision to leave the European Union by a Member State ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 → appliesTo → European Council notification procedure ⓘ

European Council notification procedure → category → European Council notification procedure self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Union institutional procedure