Considerations on COM(2023)527 - EU position in the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes

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dossier COM(2023)527 - EU position in the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes.
document COM(2023)527
date November 15, 2023
 
(1) The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) was concluded by Council Decision (EU) 2021/6890 and entered into force on 1 May 2021.

(2) Pursuant to Article 710(2) and Article 731(3) of the Agreement, the Specialised Committee on Participation in Union Programmes established by Article 8(1)(s) of the Agreement (the ‘Specialised Committee’) is to adopt Protocol I “Programmes and activities in which the United Kingdom participates” (‘Protocol I’) and Protocol II “on access of the United Kingdom to services established under certain Union programmes and activities in which the United Kingdom does not participate” (‘Protocol II’).

(3) Pursuant to Article 714(11) of the Agreement, the Specialised Committee may amend Annex 47 “Implementation of the Financial Conditions” (‘Annex 47’).

(4) Annex 47 as well as Protocols I and II form an integral part of the Agreement.

(5) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Specialised Committee, as regards the adoption of the Protocols and the amendment of Annex 47.