Considerations on COM(2024)439 -

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dossier COM(2024)439 - .
document COM(2024)439
date October  4, 2024
 
(1) On 29 April 2021, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2021/6896 on the conclusion 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 part7 (the ‘Trade and Cooperation Agreement’). The Trade Cooperation Agreement entered into force on 1 May 2021.

(2) Article 8(1)(l) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement established the Specialised Committee on Energy. Its competences are set out in Article 8(4) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

(3) Article 8(4)(f) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement empowers the Specialised Committee on Energy to establish, supervise, coordinate and dissolve Working Groups. Pursuant to Article 9(2) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, any established Working Group shall, under the supervision of a Committee, assist that Committee in the performance of its tasks and, in particular, prepare the work of that Committee and carry out any task assigned to the Working Group by that Committee. Article 9(4) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement provides that any established Working Group shall set its own rules of procedure, meeting schedule and agenda by mutual consent.

(4) It is appropriate that the Specialised Committee on Energy establishes, pursuant to Article 8(4)(f) of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, a Working Group on Security of Supply, to operate under its supervision. The Working Group on Security of Supply should set its rules of procedure as set out in Council Decision (EU) 2023/2193 and should report regularly on its activities to the Specialised Committee on Energy.

(5) The Working Group on Security of Supply should enhance cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom in the area of security of supply. It should serve as a forum for cooperation, exchange of information, technical discussions and mutual consultation. With the exception of setting its own rules of procedure, the Working Group on Security of Supply is not intended to adopt acts or measures having legal effect.

(6) It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the Specialised Committee on Energy, as the decision will be binding on the Union.