Council Decision (EU) 2026/2475

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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, 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 Community^note (the ‘Withdrawal Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by means of Council Decision (EU) 2020/135^note and entered into force on 1 February 2020.

(2)Pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework^note, 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) 2025/2455 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note is a newly adopted Union act falling within the scope of the Windsor Framework which should be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework. However, the following provisions of Regulation (EU) 2025/2455 fall outside the scope of the Windsor Framework and should therefore not be added to Annex 2 of the Windsor Framework: Article 25; points 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 20, 22, 23, 27-31, 38, 43-45, 52, 53, 59, 66 and 67 of Annex I; points 3, 8, 10, 12, 14, 25, 29 and 32 of Annex III; data fields in Annex IV relating to those previous points listed in respect of Annexes I and III; and point 2 of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2025/2455.

(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 Regulation (EU) 2025/2455 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,

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