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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 50(2) thereof,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:
(1)The Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Communitynote (the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2020/135note, and entered into force on 1 February 2020.
(2)Pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Frameworknote, which forms an integral part of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Joint Committee established under Article 164(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement (the ‘Joint Committee’) is empowered to adopt decisions to amend the relevant Annexes to the Windsor Framework by adding newly adopted Union acts that fall within the scope of the Windsor Framework, but which neither amend nor replace Union acts listed in the Annexes to the Windsor Framework.
(3)Regulations (EU) 2024/1392note and (EU) 2024/1501note of the European Parliament and of the Council are newly adopted Union acts falling within the scope of the Windsor Framework, in accordance with the conditions applicable to them by law, which should be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework. Those Regulations extend for another year the existing temporary trade-liberalisation measures for Ukraine and Moldova, respectively, set out in Regulations (EU) 2023/1077note and (EU) 2023/1524note of the European Parliament and of the Council. These latter Regulations were added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework on 28 September 2023 by Decision No 4/2023 of the Joint Committeenote. Regulation (EU) 2023/1077 expired on 5 June 2024 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1524 expired on 24 July 2024.
(4)The Joint Committee, at its next meeting, should adopt a decision pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework adding those newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework.
(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee as regards the adoption of a decision adding the two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established by Article 164(1) of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the ‘Joint Committee’) shall be set out in the draft decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
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