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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/United_Kingdom_EU.svg/180px-United_Kingdom_EU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/United_Kingdom_EU.svg/240px-United_Kingdom_EU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="916" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Accession_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Communities" title="Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities">Accession</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Accession_1972" title="Treaty of Accession 1972">Treaty of Accession 1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/European_Communities_Act_1972_(UK)" title="European Communities Act 1972 (UK)">1972 EC Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_enlargement_of_the_European_Communities" title="1973 enlargement of the European Communities">1973 enlargement of the EC</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">1975 referendum</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Act_1975" title="Referendum Act 1975">Referendum Act</a> (<a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum" title="Results of the 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum">results</a>)</li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Treaties_of_the_European_Union" title="Treaties of the European Union">Treaty</a> amendments</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Single_European_Act" title="Single European Act">Single European Act</a>, 1986</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1986" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1986">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty" title="Maastricht Treaty">Maastricht Treaty</a>, 1992</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1993" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Amsterdam" title="Treaty of Amsterdam">Treaty of Amsterdam</a>, 1997</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_1998" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 1998">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Nice" title="Treaty of Nice">Treaty of Nice</a>, 2001</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Communities_(Amendment)_Act_2002" title="European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"> <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a>, 2007</td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/European_Union_(Amendment)_Act_2008" title="European Union (Amendment) Act 2008">UK ratification</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div style="text-align:left"> <p><b>Related:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Act_2011" title="European Union Act 2011">2011 UK Act on new EU Treaty amendments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_relating_to_the_European_Communities_and_the_European_Union" title="Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union">EU-related British Acts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_European_Constitution_referendum" title="United Kingdom European Constitution referendum">Proposed European Constitution referendum</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/European_Union_Bill_2004%E2%80%932005" title="European Union Bill 2004–2005">European Union Bill 2004–2005</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_Members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Lists of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom">MEPs</a> for <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="European Parliament constituencies in the United Kingdom">UK constituencies</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><table style="width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px 0px;border:none"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1973%E2%80%931979" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1973–1979">Members 1973–1979</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (elected by parliament)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1979%E2%80%931984" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1979–1984">Members 1979–1984</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1979_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1979 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1979 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1984%E2%80%931989" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1984–1989">Members 1984–1989</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1984_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1984 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1984 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1989%E2%80%931994" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1989–1994">Members 1989–1994</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1989_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1989 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1989 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1994%E2%80%931999" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1994–1999">Members 1994–1999</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1994_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1994 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1994 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_1999%E2%80%932004" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 1999–2004">Members 1999–2004</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/1999_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1999 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">1999 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2004%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2004–2009">Members 2004–2009</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/2004_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2004 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2004 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2009%E2%80%932014" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2009–2014">Members 2009–2014</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2014%E2%80%932019" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2014–2019">Members 2014–2019</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2014 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2014 election</a>)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom,_2019%E2%80%932020" class="mw-redirect" title="List of members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom, 2019–2020">Members 2019–2020</a></td><td style="white-space:nowrap;text-align:right;"> (<a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2019 election</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <hr /> <div style="text-align:left"> <p><a href="/wiki/List_of_female_members_of_the_European_Parliament_for_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of female members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom">Women</a> </p> 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title="Representative of the European Union, London">EU Representative in London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_European_Commissioners_by_nationality#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="List of European Commissioners by nationality">UK European Commissioners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_for_Exiting_the_European_Union" title="Department for Exiting the European Union">Department for Exiting the European Union</a></li></ul> </div></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#eee; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Issues and events</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"><div style="text-align:left"> <ul><li>Economy <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_euro" title="United Kingdom and the euro">The Euro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Wednesday" title="Black Wednesday">Black Wednesday</a></li> <li><a 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Brussels</b> is part of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Executive Office (Northern Ireland)">Executive Office</a> and is the focus of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>'s relations with the <a href="/wiki/Institutions_of_the_European_Union" title="Institutions of the European Union">institutions</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>. </p><p>The Office of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a>, operates under the umbrella of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Permanent_Representatives_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_European_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union">UK Permanent Representation to the European Union</a>, as do the Brussels offices of the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Government" title="Scottish Government">Scottish Government</a> and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Government" title="Welsh Government">Welsh Government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About">About</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Executive_in_Brussels&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: About"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Office of the Northern Ireland Executive in Brussels is located in the <a href="/wiki/European_Quarter_(Brussels)" class="mw-redirect" title="European Quarter (Brussels)">European Quarter of Brussels</a>. The office provides full facilities for Northern Ireland Ministers and officials visiting the European Union institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Office also co-operates with the <a href="/wiki/Arts_Council_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Arts Council of Northern Ireland">Arts Council of Northern Ireland</a> to present a programme showcasing Northern Ireland's culture in Brussels. </p><p>Northern Ireland-based organisations use the facilities to hold EU-related meetings and events. The Office also assists in raising awareness of the European Union in Northern Ireland and staff have developed a strong relationship with the <a href="/wiki/European_Commission" title="European Commission">European Commission</a> representation in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aims">Aims</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Executive_in_Brussels&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Aims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>To assist the Northern Ireland Executive to further the aims of its Programme for Government through supporting Northern Ireland's engagement with the EU.</li> <li>To assist Northern Ireland Departments to contribute to EU policy development and implementation in relation to their core business areas and to increase Departmental engagement with elective European funding programmes.</li> <li>To raise the positive profile of Northern Ireland in the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Office_of_the_Northern_Ireland_Executive_in_Brussels&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Executive" title="Northern Ireland Executive">Northern Ireland Executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Minister_and_deputy_First_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="First Minister and deputy First Minister">First Minister and deputy First Minister</a></li> <li>Northern Ireland Bureau</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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