Regulation (EU) 2019/499 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 laying down provisions for the continuation of ongoing learning mobility activities under the Erasmus+ programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

This Regulation lays down provisions for the continuation of learning mobility activities, as referred to in Articles 7 and 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, which take place in the United Kingdom or involve entities or participants from the United Kingdom and which have started at the latest on the date on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom.

1 Learning mobility activities referred to in Article 1 shall continue to be eligible for financing.

2 For the purpose of applying any provisions of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 and the acts implementing that Regulation that are necessary to give effect to paragraph 1, the United Kingdom shall be treated as a Member State, subject to this Regulation. However, representatives of the United Kingdom shall not participate in the committee referred to in Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013.

The application of the rules regarding the controls and audits of the learning mobility activities referred to in Article 1 shall be agreed between the Commission and the authorities of the United Kingdom. The controls and audits shall cover the entire period of the learning mobility activities and the related follow-up. If the necessary controls and audits of the Erasmus+ programme cannot be executed in the United Kingdom this shall constitute a serious deficiency in complying with the main obligations in the implementation of the legal commitment between the Commission and the national agency of the United Kingdom.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) TEU. However, this Regulation shall not apply if a withdrawal agreement concluded with the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 50(2) TEU has entered into force by the date referred to in the second paragraph of this Article.