Date: 2025-08-13Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Unilateral declaration by the Union within 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 pursuant to Article 23(5)(a) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee [2025/1745]
**Policy Summary:**
This document is a Unilateral Declaration by the European Union, issued on August 13, 2025, within 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 declaration, made pursuant to Article 235a of Joint Committee Decision No 1/2023, states that the EU is satisfied that the UK has established the necessary networks, information systems, and databases for data provision as outlined in Article 141(1)(d)(vii) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446. Furthermore, the EU confirms its satisfaction with the UK's implementation of Article 5 of Joint Committee Decision No 6/2020 regarding access to information contained within these systems. The declaration references the Windsor Framework and relevant Official Journal entries for further information.
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.
Joint Committee: A committee established by the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
Windsor Framework: Arrangements laid down relating to the Windsor Framework.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2015/2446: A European Union regulation supplementing Regulation EU No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code.
Regulation EU No 952/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code.
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland: A protocol related to the withdrawal agreement.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1745 13.8.2025
UNILATERAL DECLARATION BY THE UNION WITHIN 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
pursuant to Article 23(5)(a) of Decision No 1/2023 of the Joint Committee [2025/1745]
Pursuant to Article 23(5)(a) of Decision No 1/2023 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 24 March 2023 laying down arrangements relating to the Windsor Framework(1), the Union declares that
it is satisfied that the United Kingdom has set up the networks, information systems and databases in relation to the data
referred to in Article 141(1)(d)(vii) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446(2)that are to be provided to the
United Kingdom competent authority and is satisfied with the implementation by the United Kingdom of Article 5 of Joint
Committee Decision No 6/2020(3) through the provision of access to information contained in these networks,
information systems and databases.
(1) OJ L 102, 17.4.2023, p. 61, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/819/oj.
(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European
Parliament and of the Council as regards detailed rules concerning certain provisions of the Union Customs Code (OJ L 343,
29.12.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2015/2446/oj).
(3) Decision No 6/2020 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 17 December 2020 providing for
the practical working arrangements relating to the exercise of the rights of Union representatives referred to in Article 12(2) of the
Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland [2020/2250] (OJ L 443, 30.12.2020, p. 16, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2020/2250/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/declar/2025/1745/oj 1/1