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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 means of 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) thereof (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)Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote is a newly adopted Union Act, Chapter III of which, to the extent that it contains conditions and technical specifications for the placing on the market of products or relates to the provision of services that may affect the free movement of products, falls within the scope of the Windsor Framework and should be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework. This does not apply to Article 29 of that Regulation, which falls outside the scope of the Windsor Framework.
(4)The Joint Committee, at its next meeting, is scheduled to adopt a decision pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework concerning the addition of Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2025/327 to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework.
(5)The envisaged decision of the Joint Committee will, if adopted, produce legal effects for the Union. It is therefore necessary to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee with regard to the adoption of a decision adding a newly adopted Union act to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
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The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee established under 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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