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European Union (Amendments in respect of the Accession of Croatia) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 (SSI 2013/177)
Agenda item 5 concerns a rare piece of subordinate legislation. We should be delighted that one of the first pieces of subordinate legislation that the committee has dealt with in this session should be on making things more straightforward for a new member state.
I look forward to the process being established so that we can have a look at how it actually works out, because we have concerns about various states and so on. This would be a good opportunity to consider the situation, and we will be able to form an opinion over the recess.
Is Croatia keeping its own currency—the kuan—or is it joining the euro?
It is joining the euro.
It is definitely doing so?
I have just been there, and I spoke with representatives.
I am confused by what Hanzala Malik said. This is just a statutory instrument, and we are invited to make no recommendation on it. I cannot quite tie that into what Hanzala Malik was saying.
I am saying that we will learn from their experience how they benefit from this, and see how that relates to—
You are talking about Croatia’s accession to the EU.
Yes.
I just wanted to get that a bit clearer, for the benefit of the Official Report.
Just to be clear, this is a negative instrument so, if we have no recommendation to make, we can simply notify the Government of that. Are members happy to do that?
Our next agenda item, which is a discussion of European affairs with the UK Government Minister of State for Europe, is not scheduled to start until 10.15. We will therefore have a brief suspension, during which members may have a cup of tea, gather their thoughts and prepare their questions for the minister.
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