Considerations on COM(2023)321 - EU position in the Joint Committee established by the UK withdrawal agreement as regards adding two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework

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dossier COM(2023)321 - EU position in the Joint Committee established by the UK withdrawal agreement as regards adding two newly adopted Union acts ...
document COM(2023)321
date June 26, 2023
 
(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 (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’) was concluded by the Union by Council Decision (EU) 2020/1353 of 30 January 2020 and entered into force on 1 February 2020.

(2) Pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework4, which forms an integral part 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) Regulation (EU) 2023/... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on specific rules relating to the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the United Kingdom of certain consignments of retail goods, plants for planting, seed potatoes, machinery and certain vehicles operated for agricultural or forestry purposes, as well as non-commercial movements of certain pet animals into Northern Ireland5 and Regulation (EU) 2023/... of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on specific rules relating to medicinal products for human use intended to be placed on the market in Northern Ireland and amending Directive 2001/83/EC6, insofar as it does not amend Directive 2001/83/EC, are newly adopted Union acts that relate to the internal market for goods and therefore fall within the scope of the Windsor Framework.

(4) The Joint Committee, during its next meeting, should adopt a decision pursuant to Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework adding those two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework.

(5) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Joint Committee.