Recital 119

(119) On 1 February 2020, the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union. The Withdrawal Agreement (30) was concluded between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, on the one part, and the United Kingdom, on the other. It was approved by Council Decision (EU) 2020/135 (31) and entered into force on 1 February 2020. The Withdrawal Agreement provides for a transition period which ended on 31 December 2020. At the end of the transition period, Union law ceased to apply to the United Kingdom, whilst the Protocol on Ireland / Northern Ireland (the ‘Windsor Framework’) (32), which forms an integral part of the Withdrawal Agreement, became applicable. In accordance with Article 5(4) of the Windsor Framework and point 9 of Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework, Directive 2005/64/EC, as well as legal acts of the Union implementing, amending or replacing that Directive, apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. This Regulation replaces Directive 2005/64/EC and would therefore apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland. Considering the scope of the Windsor Framework, it is therefore appropriate to stipulate that certain provisions of this Regulation should not apply to and in the United Kingdom in respect of Northern Ireland,

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.