Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom

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European Union protocol annex to the EU Treaties

Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom is an annex to the EU Treaties that clarifies and limits how the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights applies in those two member states, particularly regarding judicial and social rights.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Protocol (No 30) on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to Poland and to the United Kingdom	1
Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom canonical	1
UK–Poland Protocol on the Charter of Fundamental Rights	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10341128 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom
Context triple: [Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, hasProtocol, Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom]

A. Protocol No 10 on Permanent Structured Cooperation
Protocol No 10 on Permanent Structured Cooperation is an EU treaty protocol that sets out the rules and criteria for closer defence cooperation among willing and capable Member States within the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy framework.
B. Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional treaty that abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances, including in times of war, for its signatory states.
C. Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional treaty that extends the Convention’s protections by prohibiting imprisonment for debt, safeguarding freedom of movement, and banning collective expulsion of aliens.
D. Treaty of Accession 2003 (Poland to the EU)
The Treaty of Accession 2003 (Poland to the EU) is the international agreement under which Poland formally joined the European Union as part of the bloc’s 2004 enlargement.
E. Protocol 3 concerning the application to works of nationals of non-member states
Protocol 3 concerning the application to works of nationals of non-member states is an ancillary provision to the Universal Copyright Convention that sets out how the Convention’s protections apply to works created by authors from countries that are not party to the treaty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom
Target entity description: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom is an annex to the EU Treaties that clarifies and limits how the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights applies in those two member states, particularly regarding judicial and social rights.

A. Protocol No 10 on Permanent Structured Cooperation
Protocol No 10 on Permanent Structured Cooperation is an EU treaty protocol that sets out the rules and criteria for closer defence cooperation among willing and capable Member States within the Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy framework.
B. Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional treaty that abolishes the death penalty in all circumstances, including in times of war, for its signatory states.
C. Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights
Protocol No. 4 to the European Convention on Human Rights is an additional treaty that extends the Convention’s protections by prohibiting imprisonment for debt, safeguarding freedom of movement, and banning collective expulsion of aliens.
D. Treaty of Accession 2003 (Poland to the EU)
The Treaty of Accession 2003 (Poland to the EU) is the international agreement under which Poland formally joined the European Union as part of the bloc’s 2004 enlargement.
E. Protocol 3 concerning the application to works of nationals of non-member states
Protocol 3 concerning the application to works of nationals of non-member states is an ancillary provision to the Universal Copyright Convention that sets out how the Convention’s protections apply to works created by authors from countries that are not party to the treaty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union protocol ⓘ annex to the EU Treaties ⓘ
adoptedInContextOf	reform of the EU treaties by the Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Protocol (No 30) on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to Poland and to the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom UK–Poland Protocol on the Charter of Fundamental Rights ⓘ linked to: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom
appliesTo	Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
bindingOn	EU institutions when acting in relation to Poland and the United Kingdom ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
category	EU primary law ⓘ
citedInCase	C‑390/12 Pfleger and Others ⓘ C‑411/10 N.S. v Secretary of State for the Home Department ⓘ C‑617/10 Åkerberg Fransson ⓘ
clarifies	that the Charter does not create new justiciable rights in Poland and the United Kingdom beyond those already provided in national law and EU law ⓘ that the Charter does not extend the ability of the Court of Justice of the European Union to find national laws inconsistent with the Charter in Poland and the United Kingdom ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	Title IV of the Charter of Fundamental Rights (Solidarity) ⓘ linked to: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
enteredIntoForceWith	Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
focusesOn	judicial rights ⓘ social rights ⓘ
governs	scope of the Charter in proceedings before national courts of Poland and the United Kingdom when applying EU law ⓘ
hasArticle	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ
hasConsequence	special rules for the application of the Charter in Poland ⓘ special rules for the application of the Charter in the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalContext	negotiations of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe and its successor, the Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
interpretedAs	clarification of the scope of the Charter rather than an opt‑out from the Charter ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
language	multilingual EU legal act ⓘ
legalEffect	does not exempt Poland and the United Kingdom from the Charter when they are implementing EU law ⓘ
legalStatus	binding under EU law ⓘ
linkedTo	Court of Justice of the European Union jurisdiction ⓘ interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights ⓘ
motivatedBy	concerns about the expansion of EU fundamental rights jurisdiction ⓘ concerns about the impact of the Charter on national labour and social policy ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Government of Poland ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of Poland Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: UK government
partOf	Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
purpose	to clarify the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Poland and the United Kingdom ⓘ to limit certain effects of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Poland and the United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo	opt‑outs and special arrangements in EU treaties ⓘ
relatesTo	Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ
states	that Title IV of the Charter does not create justiciable rights applicable to Poland and the United Kingdom except in so far as such rights are provided for in national law or EU law ⓘ
subjectMatter	fundamental rights protection in the European Union ⓘ relationship between EU law and national constitutional traditions ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union → hasProtocol → Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom ⓘ

Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → Protocol (No 30) on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to Poland and to the United Kingdom ⓘ

linked to: Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom

Protocol No 30 on the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → UK–Poland Protocol on the Charter of Fundamental Rights ⓘ