Council Decision (EU) 2023/310 of 6 February 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination established under 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, as regards the use of the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information for the transmission of data between institutions or liaison bodies

The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Specialised Committee on Social Security Coordination established by Article 8(1)(p) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement is set out in the draft decision of the Specialised Committee attached to this Decision.

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

The transmission of data between the institutions or the liaison bodies of the Member States and the United Kingdom shall be carried out via the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information. This is without prejudice to exceptional and objectively justified situations.

The United Kingdom shall bear the related costs which arise from its participation in the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information pursuant to Article SSCI.71(4) of the Protocol on Social Security Coordination.

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