Date: 2025-08-13Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 1/2025 of the Joint Committee established by 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 of 29 April 2025 adding a newly adopted Union act to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework [2025/1738]
**Policy Summary: Decision No 1/2025 of the Joint Committee**
This decision, dated April 29, 2025, was adopted by the Joint Committee established by 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). The decision adds a newly adopted Union act to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework, pursuant to Article 134 of the Windsor Framework, which empowers the Joint Committee to adopt decisions adding newly adopted Union acts falling within the scope of the Windsor Framework to the relevant Annexes to the Windsor Framework.
Specifically, Article 1 of the decision adds Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/1753, with the exception of Articles 63 and 64, to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework under point 45 (Intellectual property).
The decision, in accordance with Article 2, entered into force on April 30, 2025, the day following its adoption.
The decision was co-signed by the Cochairs of the Joint Committee, Maro Efovi and Nick Thomas-Symonds. The official citation for the decision is Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 20251738 13.8.2025. The ELI identifiers are http:data.europa.euelireg20232411oj and http:data.europa.euelidec20251738oj.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: A sovereign country located off the north-western coast of the European mainland.
European Atomic Energy Community: An international organisation established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 with the purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe.
Windsor Framework: An agreement between the UK and the EU on post-Brexit trade arrangements.
Joint Committee: A committee established by the Withdrawal Agreement to oversee the implementation and application of the agreement.
Withdrawal Agreement: The agreement on the terms of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.
Regulation EU 2023/2411: Regulation EU 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations EU 2017/1001 and EU 2019/1753.
London: The capital city of the United Kingdom, where the decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1738 13.8.2025
DECISIONNo 1/2025 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY 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
of 29 April 2025
adding a newly adopted Union act to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework [2025/1738]
THE JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to 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(1) (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’), and in particular
Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 13(4) of the Windsor Framework empowers the Joint Committee established under Article 164(1) of the
Withdrawal Agreement (‘the Joint Committee’) to adopt decisions adding newly adopted Union acts falling within
the scope of the Windsor Framework to the relevant Annexes to the Windsor Framework.
(2) Pursuant to Article 166(2) of the Withdrawal Agreement, the decisions adopted by the Joint Committee are binding
on the Union and the United Kingdom. The Union and the United Kingdom are to implement such decisions, which
have the same legal effect as the Withdrawal Agreement.
(3) A newly adopted Union act should be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 on the protection of
geographical indications for craft and industrial products and amending Regulations (EU) 2017/1001 and
(EU) 2019/1753(3), with the exception of Articles 63 and 64, shall be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework under
point 45 ‘Intellectual property’.
(1) OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7.
(2) Joint Declaration No 1/2023 of the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee established by 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 of 24 March 2023 (OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 87).
(3) OJ L, 2023/2411, 27.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2411/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1738/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 13.8.2025
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the day of its adoption.
Done at London, 29 April 2025.
For the Joint Committee
The Co-chairs
Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Nick THOMAS-SYMONDS
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1738/oj