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Council Decision (EU) 2020/1599 of 23 October 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Joint Consultative Working Group 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 as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure

EU Decision 2020/1599 · Adopted 23 October 2020 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision (EU) 2020/1599

of 23 October 2020

on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union in the Joint Consultative Working Group 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 as regards the adoption of its rules of procedure

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 50(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

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’) was concluded by Council Decision (EU) 2020/135f1 and entered into force on 1 February 2020.

(2)

The Joint Consultative Working Group (the ‘working group’) was established by Article 15(1) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement (‘the Protocol’) to serve as a forum for the exchange of information and mutual consultation on the implementation of the Protocol.

(3)

Pursuant to Article 15(2) of the Protocol, the working group is to be composed of representatives of the Union and the United Kingdom and is to carry out its functions under the supervision of the Specialised Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol, established by Article 165(1), point (c), of the Withdrawal Agreement, to which it is to report.

(4)

Pursuant to Article 15(6) of the Protocol, the working group is to adopt its own rules of procedure by mutual consent.

(5)

In view of the purpose and composition of the working group and its relation with the Specialised Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol, the rules of procedure should be similar to the rules of procedure provided for in Annex VIII to the Withdrawal Agreement as regards the Specialised Committees established by Article 165(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement.

(6)

It is therefore appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf in the working group.

(7)

In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, this Decision should enter into force on the date of its adoption,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 of 30 January 2020 on the conclusion 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 (OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 1).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Annex
  6. DECISION NO …/2020 OF THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE WORKING GROUP 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
  7. Division
  8. (1)Division (1)
  9. (2)Division (2)
  10. 1Article 1
  11. 2Article 2
  13. Division
  14. Division
  15. Annex: RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE WORKING GROUP
  16. Chair
  17. 1Division 1
  18. 2Division 2
  19. 3Division 3

1

The position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf in the working group established by Article 15(1) of the Protocol as regards the adoption of the rules of procedure of the working group pursuant to Article 15(6) thereof shall be based on the draft decision of the working group attached to this Decision.

2

The decision of the working group shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

3

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Signature

Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 2020.

For the Council

The President

S. Schulze

THE JOINT CONSULTATIVE WORKING GROUP,

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 Communityf1 (the 'Withdrawal Agreement'), and in particular Article 15(6) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement ('the Protocol'),

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 15(6) of the Protocol, the Joint Consultative Working Group (the 'working group') is to adopt its own rules of procedure by mutual consent.

(2)

In view of the purpose and composition of the working group and its relation with the Specialised Committee on issues related to the implementation of the Protocol, the rules of procedure of the working group should be similar to the rules of procedure provided for in Annex VIII to the Withdrawal Agreement as regards the Specialised Committees established under Article 165 of the Withdrawal Agreement,

1

The work of the Joint Consultative Working Group established by Article 15(1) of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland to the Withdrawal Agreement shall be governed by the rules of procedure set out in the Annex to this Decision.

2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at …,

For the Joint Consultative

Working Group

The Co-chairs

1

The Joint Consultative Working Group (the 'working group') shall be co-chaired by a representative designated by the European Commission and by a representative designated by the Government of the United Kingdom. The European Union and the United Kingdom shall notify each other in writing of the designated representatives.

2

A co-chair who is unable to attend a meeting may be replaced for that meeting by a designated alternate. Alternates designated by the European Commission or by the Government of the United Kingdom shall inform the other co-chair and the Secretariat of the working group in writing of their designation as early as possible.

3

The designated alternate of the co-chair shall exercise the rights of that co-chair to the extent of the designation. Any reference in these Rules of Procedure to the co-chairs shall be understood to include designated alternates.