Council Decision (EU) 2025/2418 of 27 October 2025 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport 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, on the amount and modalities of the United Kingdom’s financial contribution to certain road transport information systems managed by the Union and the amendment to Decision No 1/2022 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, established by Article 8(1), point (o), 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 (the ‘Specialised Committee on Road Transport’), as regards the amount and modalities of the United Kingdom’s financial contribution to certain road transport information systems managed by the Union and the amendment to Decision No 1/2022 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport, is set out in the draft Decision of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport attached to this Decision.

Objective

Article 1

This Decision lays down the amount and modalities of the United Kingdom’s financial contribution to information systems which are managed by the Union in the field of road transport.

Article 2

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

Scope

Article 2

The contribution laid out in Article 3 represents the United Kingdom’s annual financial contribution to: — the Internal Market Information System Road Transport Posting Declaration module (IMI); and — the European Registers of Road Transport Undertakings (ERRU).

Amount and modalities of the financial contribution of the United Kingdom

Article 3

1.   The United Kingdom shall contribute annually to the costs of the information systems listed in Article 2. The annual contribution shall apply as of 1 January 2026. It shall be comprised of: — an operational and maintenance contribution; and — a participation fee for access to ERRU. The participation fee shall be 4 % of the annual operational contribution and shall not be subject to retrospective adjustments. 2.   For the first year the annual contribution shall be paid within 20 days from the date of the entry into force of this Decision. For the following years it shall be paid by 30 June of the contribution year. The amount of the contribution for the first year shall be fixed at EUR 114 305,10 and shall be revised in accordance with the development of the European Consumer Price Index (HICP) every year thereafter. The European Commission shall communicate the revised amount to the United Kingdom in writing. 3.   For the purpose of the calculation of the financial contribution for the following years, the initial operational and maintenance contribution is comprised of an operational and maintenance contribution of EUR 91 541,58 for IMI and an operational and maintenance contribution of EUR 21 888 for ERRU. 4.   The contribution referred to in paragraph 2 shall be paid in euros into the euro-denominated bank account of the Commission indicated in the debit note.

Amendment to Decision No 1/2022 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport

Article 4

Article 5 of Decision No 1/2022 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport is replaced by the following: ‘The United Kingdom shall contribute annually to the operational and maintenance costs of IMI in the framework set out in Decision No …/2025 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport  ( *1 ) . ( *1 )   Decision No …/2025 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport 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 … on the amount and modalities of the United Kingdom’s financial contribution to certain road transport information systems managed by the Union and the amendment to Decision No 1/2022 of the Specialised Committee on Road Transport (OJ EU L, …, ELI: …).’."

Substantial changes to operations and maintenance costs

Article 5

In the case of a substantial change to the overall costs of one of the information systems listed in Article 2, due to technological adaptations or for other reasons, the Specialised Committee for Road Transport shall adopt a new decision on the United Kingdom’s financial contribution, at the request of one of the Co-chairs of the Committee.

Entry into force and application

Article 6

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