Council Decision (EU) 2021/1836 of 15 October 2021 establishing the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union in the Joint Committee established by 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 as regards the adoption of a decision to amend the Agreement

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2021/1836
• Articles: 5

Article 1

The position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the Joint Committee established by Article 164(1) of the Withdrawal Agreement, on a decision to be taken in accordance with Article 164(5)(d) thereof shall be based on the draft decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 1

The Withdrawal Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Recommendation No A1 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the issuance of the attestation referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 2 ) is added under ‘Applicable legislation (A series)’;

(2)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Decision No. E6 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the determination of when an electronic message is considered legally delivered in the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system  ( 3 ) is be added under ‘Electronic Data Exchange (E series)’;

(3)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Decision No. H9 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems regarding the postponement of deadlines mentioned in Articles 67 and 70 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as well as in Decision No S9 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic  ( 4 ) , is added under ‘Horizontal issues (H series)’;

(4)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Decision No. H10 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission for Data Processing of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems  ( 5 ) shall be added under ‘Horizontal issues (H series)’;

(5)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Decision No. H11 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems regarding the postponement of deadlines mentioned in Articles 67 and 70 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 as well as in Decision No S9 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic  ( 6 ) shall be added under ‘Horizontal issues (H series)’;

(6)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Recommendation No. H2 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the inclusion of authentication features to Portable Documents issued by the institution of a Member State and showing the position of a person for the purpose of the application of Regulations (EC) No 883/2004 and (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 7 ) shall be added under ‘Horizontal issues (H series)’;

(7)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, Decision S11 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning refund procedures for the implementation of Articles 35 and 41 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004  ( 8 ) shall be added under ‘Sickness (S series)’;

(8)

In Part I of Annex I to the Withdrawal Agreement, the following acts shall be removed and replaced:

(a)

Decision No. H8 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission for data processing of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems  ( 9 ) , which is replaced by Decision No. H10 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning the methods of operation and the composition of the Technical Commission for Data Processing of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems  ( 10 ) ;

(b)

Decision No. S9 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning refund procedures for the implementation of Articles 35 and 41 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004  ( 11 ) , which is replaced by Decision No. S11 of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems concerning refund procedures for the implementation of Articles 35 and 41 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004  ( 12 ) .

Article 2

The Decision of the Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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