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Legal Terms - Treaty of European Union, Article 50
The Treaty on European Union includes a section that outlines the specific procedure to be followed in the event that a member state expresses its desire to exit from the Union. According to Article 50, if a member state decides to withdraw from the EU in line with its own constitutional requirements, it must give notice of its decision to do so. After serving this notice, the treaties that regulate the EU will no longer apply to that state within two years. After the outcome of the UK's Referendum on Continued Membership of the European Union, the HM Government announced its plan to activate Article 50, so initiating the process of exit. Nevertheless, in the case of R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 (referred to as Miller's case (No. 1)), the Supreme Court determined that such action could not be taken without the approval of Parliament through an Act of Parliament. The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 was enacted, and the United Kingdom formally notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union through a letter dated 29 March 2017. The Article 50 procedure reached its conclusion when the United Kingdom officially departed from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
The Treaty on European Union includes a section that outlines the specific procedure to be followed in the event that a member state expresses its desire to exit from the Union. According to Article 50, if a member state decides to withdraw from the EU in line with its own constitutional requirements, it must give notice of its decision to do so. After serving this notice, the treaties that regulate the EU will no longer apply to that state within two years. After the outcome of the UK's Referendum on Continued Membership of the European Union, the HM Government announced its plan to activate Article 50, so initiating the process of exit. Nevertheless, in the case of R (on the application of Miller and another) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 (referred to as Miller's case (No. 1)), the Supreme Court determined that such action could not be taken without the approval of Parliament through an Act of Parliament. The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017 was enacted, and the United Kingdom formally notified its intention to withdraw from the European Union through a letter dated 29 March 2017. The Article 50 procedure reached its conclusion when the United Kingdom officially departed from the European Union on 31 January 2020.
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