Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 22/3/2023 - Sección Legislación
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Sección Legislación
EN
22.3.2023
Official Journal of the European Union
L 83/1
I
Legislative acts
REGULATIONS
REGULATION EU 2023/657 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 15 March 2023
laying down rules for the exercise of the Unions rights in the implementation and enforcement 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 and of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 432, 911, 1002, 1733, 1825, 188, 1892 and 2072 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 1, After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure 2, Whereas:
1
On 30 January 2020, the Council concluded 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 3 the Withdrawal Agreement. That Agreement entered into force on 1 February 2020.
2
On 29 April 2021, the Council concluded, on behalf of the Union, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, of the other part 4 the Trade and Cooperation Agreement. That Agreement was applied provisionally as of 1 January 2021 and entered into force on 1 May 2021.
3
Both the Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement provide that a Party may adopt certain measures in the specific cases and subject to the conditions and procedures laid down therein. Those measures may entail the suspension of certain obligations under the Agreement concerned.
1 OJ C 365, 23.9.2022, p. 66.
2 Position of the European Parliament of 14 February 2023 not yet published in the Official Journal and decision of the Council of 7 March 2023.
3 OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7.
4 OJ L 149, 30.4.2021, p. 10.
