(13) The European Council will review progress at its meeting in June 2019.

(14) As provided for in Article 50(4) TEU, the United Kingdom has not taken part in the discussions of the European Council concerning this decision nor in its adoption. However, as set out in the letter from the Permanent Representative of the UK to the European Union, Sir Tim Barrow of 11 April 2019, it has agreed, in accordance with Article 50(3) TEU, to the extension of the period referred to in that Article and to this decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The period provided for in Article 50(3) TEU, as extended by the European Council Decision (EU) 2019/476, is hereby further extended until 31 October 2019.

Article 2

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

This decision shall cease to apply on 31 May 2019 in the event that the United Kingdom has not held elections to the European Parliament in accordance with applicable Union law and has not ratified the Withdrawal Agreement by 22 May 2019.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2019.

For the European Council

The President

D. TUSK

(1) Council Decision (EU) 2019/274 of 11 January 2019 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union and of the European Atomic Energy Community, 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 47 I, 19.2.2019, p. 1

(2) The text of the Withdrawal Agreement attached to Decision (EU) 2019/274 was published in

OJ C 66 I, 19.2.2019, p. 1.

(3) European Council Decision (EU) 2019/476 taken in agreement with the United Kingdom of 22 March 2019 extending the period under Article 50(3) TEU (

OJ L 80 I, 22.3.2019, p. 1