Policy paper

Decision 1/2022 of the Joint Committee established by the Separation Agreement of 8 June 2022: amending Part 1 of Annex 1 to the Separation Agreement

Published 22 June 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The Joint Committee,

Having regard to the Separation Agreement ^{[footnote 1]}, and in particular Articles 34(3) and 66(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 34(3) of the Separation Agreement, the Joint Committee shall amend Part I of Annex I to reflect any new Decision or Recommendation which has been adopted by the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems (“Administrative Commission”) and which has been incorporated into and is in force under the EEA Agreement.

(2) The Administrative Commission has adopted three Decisions which have been incorporated into and are in force under the EEA Agreement, and which are not listed in Part I of Annex I to the Separation Agreement.

(3) Part I of Annex I to the Separation Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

Has adopted this decision:

Article 1

1. The following Decisions are added in Part I of Annex I to the Separation Agreement:

(a) Under Electronic Data Exchange (E series):

• ‘Decision No E6 of 19 October 2017 concerning the determination of when an electronic message is considered legally delivered in the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system (OJ C 355, 4.10.2018, p. 5.) ^{[footnote 2]}

• Under Horizontal issues (H series):

• ‘Decision No H10 of 21 October 2020 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 (OJ C 89, 16.3.2021, p. 6) ^{[footnote 3]};

• Decision No H11 of 9 December 2020 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 (OJ C 170, 6.5.2021, p. 4) ^{[footnote 4]}.

2. The following decision is deleted from Part I of Annex I to the Separation Agreement:

(a) Under Horizontal issues (H series):

• Decision No H8 of 17 December 2015 (updated with minor technical clarifications on 9 March 2016) 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 (OJ C 263, 20.7.2016, p. 3)^{[footnote 5]}.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption. In relation to Iceland and Liechtenstein, this Decision shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following their respective notification to the Depository that their domestic legal requirements have been fulfilled.

The text of this Decision shall be deposited with the Depositary.

Done at London, 8 June 2022

For the Joint Committee

The Chair

Pascal Schafhauser

Ambassador, Mission of Liechtenstein to the EU

1. Agreement on arrangements between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the EEA Agreement and other agreements applicable between the United Kingdom and the EEA EFTA States by virtue of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union of 28 January 2020. ↩

2. Incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 235/2019 of 27 September 2019. ↩

3. Incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2022 of 29 April 2022. ↩

4. Incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 10/2022 of 4 February 2022. ↩

5. Repealed under the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 137/2022 of 29 April 2022. ↩