Date: 2023-11-07Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 4/2023 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 28 September 2023 adding two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework [2023/2471]
Executive Summary:
Decision No 4/2023 of the Joint Committee, established by the Withdrawal Agreement, adds two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework. These additions concern temporary trade liberalisation measures for Ukrainian and Moldovan products. The decision, adopted on September 28, 2023, enters into force the day after its adoption.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Decision Basis:**
* Article 134 of the Windsor Framework empowers the Joint Committee to add newly adopted Union acts to the Windsor Framework's Annexes.
* Joint Committee decisions are binding on the Union and the United Kingdom, carrying the same legal effect as the Withdrawal Agreement.
* **Union Acts Added to Annex 2:**
* Regulation (EU) 2023/1077 on trade liberalisation measures for Ukrainian products is added to Annex 2 under "General trade related aspects."
* Regulation (EU) 2023/1524 on trade liberalisation measures for Moldovan products is added to Annex 2 under "General trade related aspects."
* **Effective Date:**
* The decision comes into force the day following its adoption (September 28, 2023).
Impact Analysis:
* The Union and the United Kingdom:
* Impact: Required to implement the decision, integrating the specified regulations into Annex 2 of the Windsor Framework.
* Action Required: Incorporate Regulations (EU) 2023/1077 and 2023/1524 into relevant trade policies and practices.
* Ukraine and Moldova:
* Impact: Benefit from continued temporary trade liberalisation measures with the EU.
* Action Required: Continue to adhere to the conditions and requirements set out in Regulations (EU) 2023/1077 and 2023/1524 to maintain trade benefits.
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 organization 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 Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
Withdrawal Agreement: The agreement on the terms of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union.
Regulation EU 2023/1077: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary trade liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products.
Republic of Moldova: A landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2471 7.11.2023
DECISION No 4/2023 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 28 September 2023
adding two newly adopted Union acts to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework [2023/2471]
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 with the
scope of the Windsor Framework to the relevant Annexes to the Windsor Framework. 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.
(2) Two newly adopted Union acts should be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. Regulation (EU) 2023/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on temporary trade-
liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to Ukrainian products under the Association
Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the
one part, and Ukraine, of the other part(3)shall be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework under point 4 ‘General
trade related aspects’.
2. Regulation (EU) 2023/1524 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 July 2023 on temporary trade-
liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to products from the Republic of Moldova under the
Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part(4) shall be added to Annex 2 to the Windsor
Framework under point 4 ‘General trade related aspects’.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the date of its adoption.
(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 144, 5.6.2023, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 185, 24.7.2023, p. 1.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2471/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 7.11.2023
Done at London, 28 September 2023.
For the Joint Committee
The Alternate Co-chairs
John WATSON
Leo DOCHERTY
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2471/oj