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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, in conjunction with Article 218(9) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,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 means of Council Decision (EU) 2020/135note.
(2)Pursuant to Article 36(4) of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Joint Committee established by Article 164(1) thereof (the ‘Joint Committee’) is able to adopt decisions to amend Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement to reflect any new Decision or Recommendation approved by the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems.
(3)The Joint Committee, during its next meeting, is scheduled to adopt a decision pursuant to Article 36(4) of the Withdrawal Agreement to amend Part I of Annex I thereto to add four new decisions approved by the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems to the list set out in that Part and to delete from that list two decisions that have been replaced by two of those new decisions.
(4)The envisaged decision of the Joint Committee will, if adopted, produce legal effects for the Union.
(5)It is therefore necessary to establish the position to be taken within the Joint Committee with regard to the adoption of a decision to amend Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1#
The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf 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’) is set out in the draft decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
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