Access to Financial Services Markets Market access arrangements for financial services between the UK and Gibraltar EU withdrawal
The Government made the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 to protect Gibraltar firms accessing the UK market from suddenly losing their access rights as a result of EU exit.
	The preservation of market access rights under the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 was extended by 12 months by the Financial Services (Gibraltar) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1274). These latter Regulations extend the transitional arrangements under Parts 2 and 3 of the 2019 Regulations, which enable specified categories of Gibraltar-based firms to provide financial services in the UK and facilitate the access by similar types of UK-based firms to Gibraltar’s financial services market. The temporary arrangements will be in place until the permanent arrangements are delivered. The GAR is intended to supersede the temporary EU exit arrangements as a new permanent arrangement.