DECISION No 1/2021 OF THE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL ESTABLISHED BY 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

of 23 February 2021

as regards the date on which provisional application pursuant to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement is to cease (2021/356)

THE PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL,

Having regard to 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, and in particular point (a) of paragraph 2 of Article FINPROV.11 [Entry into force and provisional application] thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article FINPROV.11 [Entry into force and provisional application] 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  ( 1 ) (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’), the Parties agreed to provisionally apply the Trade and Cooperation Agreement from 1 January 2021 provided that prior to that date they had notified each other that their respective internal requirements and procedures necessary for provisional application have been completed. Provisional application is to cease on one of the following dates, whichever is the earliest: 28 February 2021 or another date as decided by the Partnership Council; or the first day of the month following that in which both Parties have notified each other that they have completed their respective internal requirements and procedures for establishing their consent to be bound.

(2)

As the European Union will not be able, due to internal procedural requirements, to conclude the Trade and Cooperation Agreement by 28 February 2021, the Partnership Council should set 30 April 2021 as the date on which provisional application is to cease pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 2 of Article FINPROV.11 [Entry into force and provisional application] of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The date on which provisional application is to cease pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 2 of Article FINPROV.11 [Entry into force and provisional application] of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement shall be 30 April 2021.

Article 2

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

Done at Brussels and London, 23 February 2021.

For the Partnership Council

The Co-chairs

Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ

Michael GOVE

( 1 )    OJ L 444, 31.12.2020, p. 14 .