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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 48, in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other partnote (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision (EU) 2021/689note and entered into force on 1 May 2021, having been provisionally applied since 1 January 2021.
(2)Pursuant to Article 778(1) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Protocols and Annexes to that agreement form an integral part thereof. In accordance with Article 783(3) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, as from the date from which that agreement was provisionally applied, references to the date of its entry into force are to be understood as references to the date from which it was provisionally applied.
(3)Article 8(4)(c) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement empowers the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination, established by Article 8(1)(p) of that agreement (the ‘Specialised Committee’), to adopt decisions, including amendments, and recommendations in respect of all matters where that agreement so provides. Pursuant to Article SSC.68 of the Protocol on Social Security Coordination to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the ‘Protocol’), the Specialised Committee may amend the Annexes and Appendices to the Protocol. In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the decisions adopted by the Specialised Committee are binding on the Parties.
(4)Annexes SSC-1, SSC-3, SSC-4, SSC-5 and SSC-6 to the Protocol, insofar as they reflect the national legislation of the Member States and of the United Kingdom, should be updated, to take into account changes to national legislation and to reflect certain choices made by the Member States or the United Kingdom in the implementation of that protocol.
(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf within the Specialised Committee as regards the amendments of Annexes SSC-1, SSC-3, SSC-4, SSC-5 and SSC-6 to the Protocol, as the envisaged decision will be binding on the Union,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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