Council Decision (EU) 2023/702 of 21 March 2023 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European 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 as regards a decision to be adopted, and recommendations and joint and unilateral declarations to be made

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee established by Article 164 of the Withdrawal Agreement (‘the Joint Committee’) as regards a Decision to be adopted and certain Recommendations to be made by the Joint Committee is set out in the draft Decision and draft Recommendations attached in Annex 1 to this Decision.

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee as regards certain Joint Declarations to be made by the Union and the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee is set out in the draft Joint Declarations attached in Annex 2 to this Decision.

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Joint Committee as regards certain Unilateral Declarations to be made by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee which are attached in draft form in Annex 3 to this Decision shall be to take note of these Declarations. In relation to the Unilateral Declaration by the United Kingdom in the Joint Committee concerning the democratic consent mechanism in Article 18 of the Protocol, the Union shall also recall the tasks of the Joint Committee under Article 164 of the Withdrawal Agreement.

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