27The EU and Euratom and related organisations and bodies
(1)Section 4B of the International Organisations Act 1968 (bodies established under the Treaty on European Union) is amended in accordance with this section.
(2)For the title substitute “The EU and Euratom and related organisations and bodies”.
(3)For subsection (1) substitute—
“(1)This section applies to—
(a)the European Union,
(b)Euratom, or
(c)any EU or Euratom organisation or body,
if the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, has obligations in relation to it by virtue of any agreement to which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, is a party (whether made with another sovereign Power or the Government of such a Power or not).”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)in the words before paragraph (a), for “a specified body to which this section applies” substitute “the European Union, Euratom or an EU or Euratom organisation or body if this section applies to it and it is specified”;
(b)in paragraph (a), and in paragraph (b) (in both places), for “body” substitute “it”;
(c)in paragraph (b), for “subsection (1)(b)” substitute “subsection (1)”.
(5)In subsection (3)—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “body’s officers or staff” substitute “officers or staff of the European Union, Euratom or the EU or Euratom organisation or body;
(b)in paragraph (b), for “the body” substitute “it”.
(6)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The power conferred by subsection (2) includes power to make such provision (including provision amending any retained EU law) as Her Majesty in Council considers appropriate in consequence of any provision of the kind referred to in subsection (2)(a) to (c).”
(7)In subsection (4), for “section, “specified”” substitute “section—
“body” includes a delegation or office;
“EU or Euratom organisation or body” means—
(a)an organisation or body which is established by or on behalf of the EU or Euratom (or by or on behalf of them jointly), or
(b)any other organisation or body in relation to which the United Kingdom, or Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, had obligations immediately before IP completion day by virtue of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the EU or Euratom (or with both of them);
“specified””.