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Council Decision (EU) 2019/642 of 13 April 2019 amending Decision (EU) 2019/274 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and of the European Atomic Energy Community, 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 (Text with EEA relevance.)| Legal instrument | Decision |
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| Number legal act | Decision 2019/642 |
| Original proposal | COM(2019)194  |
| CELEX number i | 32019D0642 |
| Document | 13-04-2019; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 25-04-2019; OJ L 110I , 25.4.2019, p. 1–3 |
| Effect | 13-04-2019; Entry into force Date of document See Art 3 |
| End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
25.4.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
LI 110/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2019/642
of 13 April 2019
amending Decision (EU) 2019/274 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and of the European Atomic Energy Community, 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
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 50 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (‘Euratom’) in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (‘TEU’), which applies to Euratom by virtue of Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. |
(2) |
In accordance with Article 50 TEU, the European Union negotiated with the United Kingdom an agreement setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal, taking account of the framework for its future relationship with the Union (‘Withdrawal Agreement’). |
(3) |
On 11 January 2019, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2019/274 (1) on the signing of the Withdrawal Agreement (2). |
(4) |
On 21 March 2019, the European Council approved the Instrument relating to the Withdrawal Agreement and the Joint Statement supplementing the Political Declaration, agreed between Prime Minister May and the President of the European Commission Juncker on 11 March 2019. |
(5) |
By Decision (EU) 2019/476 (3), the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, decided to extend the period under Article 50(3) TEU until 22 May 2019 in the event that the House of Commons approved the Withdrawal Agreement by 29 March 2019, or, if that were not to be the case, until 12 April 2019. The House of Commons did not approve the Withdrawal Agreement by 29 March 2019. |
(6) |
On 5 April 2019, the United Kingdom submitted another request to the European Council for an extension of the period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU. On 11 April 2019, by Decision (EU) 2019/584 (4) the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, decided to further extend that period until 31 October 2019. The European Council recalled that, under Article 50(3) TEU, the Withdrawal Agreement may enter into force on an earlier date, should the Parties complete their respective ratification procedures before 31 October 2019. Consequently, the withdrawal should take place on the first day of the month following the completion of the ratification procedures or on 1 November 2019, whichever is the earliest. Furthermore, as indicated in the second paragraph of Article 2 of that Decision, that Decision will cease to apply on 31 May 2019 in the event that the United Kingdom has not held elections to the European Parliament in accordance with applicable Union law and has not ratified the Withdrawal Agreement by 22 May 2019. |
(7) |
As a consequence, the date of entry into force of the Withdrawal Agreement had to be adapted to reflect the period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU, as extended by the European Council in agreement with the United Kingdom. |
(8) |
On 11 April 2019, in agreement with the United Kingdom, the Withdrawal Agreement was adapted in three instances as follows:
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