113.This section provides for parliamentary approval of the Transitional Protocol on MEPs (‘MEPs Protocol’) for the purposes of section 5 of the 2008 Act. Subsection (2) provides that the MEPs Protocol is to be included in the definition of ‘the Treaties’ contained in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
Commentary on Sections Part 2: Implementation of Transitional Protocol on MEPs Section 15: Protocol on MEPs: approval, and addition to list of treaties