The Council has made available on December 20 the text of Commission proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 by granting a Union General Export Authorisation for the export of certain dual-use items from the Union to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The proposal consists on adding the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the list of beneficiaries of the EU General Export Authorisation 001. This EUGEA 001 covers nearly all items listed by Annex I excepted the most sensitive listed by Annex IIg to be exported to Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, including Liechtenstein and United States of America.
The Regulation will have to be adopted by Council and Parliament in co-decision and will enter into force: from the day following that on which the Treaties cease to apply to the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union. However, this Regulation shall not apply if a withdrawal agreement concluded with the United Kingdom in accordance with Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union has entered into force by that date