29.3.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 91/19 REGULATION (EU) 2019/516 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 338(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1), Whereas: (1) Gross national income at market prices (GNI) constitutes the basis for calculating the largest share of own resources in the general budget of the Union. Therefore, it is necessary to further reinforce the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of that aggregate. (2) Statistical integrity through respect for the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice, as reviewed and updated by the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) on 16 November 2017, and of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is of particular importance where statistics are being used directly for administrative purposes and for policy-making at Union and national levels. (3) Those statistical data are also an important analytical tool for the coordination of national economic policies and for various Union policies, as well as for research activities. (4) In accordance with Article 2(7) of Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (3), for own resources purposes, GNI means an annual GNI at market prices under the methodology set out in Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) which established the revised European System of Accounts (ESA 2010). In accordance with Article 10(1) of Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom, and subject to Article 10(2) thereof, Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom (5) was repealed. (5) It is essential that GNI data be comparable across Member States and that there be compliance with the relevant definitions and accounting rules of ESA 2010. For that purpose, the assessment procedures and the basic data actually used should permit the correct application of the definitions and accounting rules of ESA 2010. (6) It is essential that the sources and methods used to compile GNI data be reliable. This means that sound techniques should be applied to robust, suitable and up-to-date basic statistics as much as possible. (7) It is essential that GNI data be exhaustive. Therefore, those data should also take into account informal, unregistered and other activities and transactions that are not reported in statistical surveys or to fiscal, social and other administrative authorities. Improved GNI coverage presupposes developing suitable statistical bases and assessment procedures in order to produce reliable statistics and, where applicable, to make necessary adjustments, avoiding gaps and double counting. (8) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/2014 (6) provides for inspections in Member States for the purpose of verifying own resources. For GNI verification purposes, the Commission (Eurostat) should be entitled to carry out GNI information visits in order to verify the quality of GNI aggregates and their components and to verify compliance with ESA 2010, as well as to ensure that GNI data are comparable, reliable and exhaustive. The Commission (Eurostat) should respect rules on statistical confidentiality. The participation of representatives of national statistical authorities in GNI information visits to other Member States is essential in order to increase the transparency and quality of the process of GNI verification. (9) In order to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and highest possible degree of comparability of GNI data, in line with ESA 2010, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making (7). In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. (10) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation by providing GNI aggregates for own resources purposes, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission to establish the structure and detailed arrangements of the inventory of the sources and methods used to produce GNI data and their components, in accordance with Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, as well as the timetable for its updating and transmission, and the specific measures aimed at improving the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of Member States' GNI data based on the list of issues defined by the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8). (11) The ESSC, established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009, has been, in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation, asked to provide its professional guidance. (12) The GNI Committee referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (9) has issued opinions for, provided advice to, and assisted the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers. Under the strategy for a new European Statistical System structure to improve coordination and partnership in a clear pyramid structure within the System, the ESSC should have an advisory role and assist the Commission in exercising its implementing powers. To that effect, the GNI Committee should be replaced by the ESSC for the purpose of assisting the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers under this Regulation. Nevertheless, for the purposes of other functions previously undertaken by the GNI Committee under Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003, and not relating to assistance in the exercise of the implementing powers of the Commission, the Commission should establish a formal expert group to assist it for such purposes. (13) Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom (10) and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 set up a procedure to verify and assess the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of Gross National Product (GNP) data and GNI data within the GNP Committee and GNI Committee in which Member States and the Commission cooperate closely. That procedure should be adjusted to take account of the use of GNI data according to ESA 2010 for the purposes of own resources, the revised timetable for making available own resources, and recent developments within the European Statistical System. Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 should therefore be repealed, HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: CHAPTER I DEFINITION AND CALCULATION OF GROSS NATIONAL INCOME AT MARKET PRICES Article 1 1. Gross national income at market prices (GNI) and gross domestic product at market prices (GDP) shall be defined in accordance with the European System of Accounts 2010 (ESA 2010) established by Regulation (EU) No 549/2013. 2. In accordance with point 8.89 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, GDP means the final result of the production activity of resident producer units. It can be defined in three ways: (a) production approach: GDP is the sum of gross value added of the various institutional sectors or the various industries plus taxes and less subsidies on products (which are not allocated to sectors and industries). It is also the balancing item in the total economy production account; (b) expenditure approach: GDP is the sum of final uses of goods and services by resident institutional units (final consumption and gross capital formation) plus exports and minus imports of goods and services; (c) income approach: GDP is the sum of uses in the total economy generation of income account (compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, gross operating surplus and mixed income of the total economy). 3. In accordance with point 8.94 of Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, GNI means the total primary income receivable by resident institutional units: compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, property income (receivable less payable), gross operating surplus and gross mixed income. GNI equals GDP minus primary income payable by resident institutional units to non-resident institutional units plus primary income receivable by resident institutional units from the rest of the world. CHAPTER II TRANSMISSION OF GNI DATA AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Article 2 1. Member States shall calculate GNI as defined in Article 1 in the context of national accounts compilation. 2. Before 1 October each year, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat), in the context of national accounting procedures, with figures for GNI aggregates and their components, in accordance with the definitions referred to in Article 1. Totals for GDP and its components shall be presented in accordance with the three approaches referred to in Article 1(2). Data shall be transmitted for the preceding year and any changes made to the data for previous years shall be communicated at the same time. 3. The transmission of data referred to in paragraph 2 shall be accompanied by a report on the quality of GNI data. That report shall detail the methodology used to produce the data, and in particular describe any significant changes in the sources and methods used and explain the revisions made to GNI aggregates and their components compared to the previous periods. Article 3 1. Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with an inventory of the sources and methods used to produce GNI aggregates and their components in accordance with ESA 2010. 2. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, the structure and detailed arrangements of the inventory referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, in accordance with Annex A to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, as well as the timetable for its updating and transmission. In exercising its power, the Commission shall ensure that such implementing acts do not impose significant additional costs which result in a disproportionate and unjustified burden on the Member States. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of this Regulation. The inventory shall be consistent with ESA 2010 and duplication and overloading shall be avoided. 3. To facilitate comparable analyses of compliance, the Commission shall draw up an inventory guide in close cooperation with the expert group referred to in Article 4. CHAPTER III PROCEDURES AND CHECKS ON THE CALCULATION OF GNI Article 4 The Commission shall establish a formal expert group, composed of representatives of all the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission, to advise the Commission on, and to express its views regarding, the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of GNI calculations, to examine issues of implementation of this Regulation and to issue annual opinions on the appropriateness of the GNI data submitted by the Member States for own resources purposes. Article 5 1. The Commission shall verify the sources, their uses and the methods in the inventory referred to in Article 3(1). A verification model, drawn up by the Commission in close cooperation with the expert group referred to in Article 4, shall be used to that effect. The model shall be based on the principles of peer review and cost-effectiveness and shall take into account the delegated acts referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article. 2. GNI data shall be reliable, exhaustive and comparable. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 7 to supplement the provision laid down in the first subparagraph of this paragraph by defining the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and highest possible degree of comparability of GNI data, in line with ESA 2010. 3. The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, specific measures to make GNI data more comparable, reliable and exhaustive, based on the list of issues defined by the Commission in the delegated acts referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article. Such implementing acts shall be duly justified and in accordance with ESA 2010. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 8(2). Article 6 1. Without prejudice to the inspections provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/2014, GNI information visits may, where deemed appropriate, be carried out in Member States by the Commission (Eurostat). 2. The purposes of the information visits referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be the verification of the quality of GNI aggregates and their components and the verification of compliance with ESA 2010. In exercising its right to carry out such information visits, the Commission (Eurostat) shall respect the rules on statistical confidentiality laid down in Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. 3. When carrying out information visits in Member States, the Commission (Eurostat) may and is encouraged to request the assistance of national accounts experts representing national statistical authorities of other Member States. The national accounts experts shall be registered on a list constituted on the basis of voluntary proposals sent to the Commission (Eurostat) by the national authorities responsible for the reporting of national accounts.The participation of national accounts experts of other Member States in those information visits is voluntary. Article 7 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of 5 years from 18 April 2019. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than 9 months before the end of the 5-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than 3 months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of power referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. Article 8 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the European Statistical System Committee established by Regulation (EC) No 223/2009. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. CHAPTER IV FINAL PROVISIONS Article 9 Before 1 January 2023, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation. Article 10 Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 are repealed. References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation tables in the Annex. Article 11 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 March 2019. For the European Parliament The President A. TAJANI For the Council The President G. CIAMBA (1) Position of the European Parliament of 31 January 2019 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 18 February 2019. (2) Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164). (3) Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union (OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 105). (4) Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, p. 1). (5) Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17). (6) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/2014 of 26 May 2014 laying down implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union (OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 29). (7) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1. (8) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13). (9) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 of 15 July 2003 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) (OJ L 181, 19.7.2003, p. 1). (10) Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom of 13 February 1989 on the harmonisation of the compilation of gross national product at market prices (OJ L 49, 21.2.1989, p. 26). ANNEX Correlation tables Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom This Regulation Article 1 Article 1(1) and (3) Article 2 Article 1(2) Article 3 Article 2(1) and (2) — Article 4 Article 4 Article 3 Article 5 Article 2(3) — Article 5 — Article 6 — Article 7 Article 6 Article 8 Article 7 — Article 8 — Article 9 — Article 10 Article 9 — Article 10 Article 11 — — Article 11 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 This Regulation Article 1 Article 1 Article 2 Article 2 Article 3 Article 3 — Article 4 Article 4 Article 8 Article 5(1) Article 5 Article 5(2) — Article 5(3) — Article 6 Article 6 — Article 7 Article 7 Article 9 — Article 10 Article 8 Article 11

Summary: Harmonising gross national income statistics at European Union level Harmonising gross national income statistics at European Union level SUMMARY OF: Regulation (EU) 2019/516 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION? It aims to improve the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of statistics on gross national income at market prices (GNI) *. These statistics are used especially to calculate the largest share of own resources in the budget of the European Union (EU). It takes account of: the legal basis for producing statistics (Article 338(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union); the own resources decision (Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom) and related legislation; Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 setting up the EU’s system of national and regional accounts (known as ESA 2010). It repeals Directive 89/130/EEC and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003. KEY POINTS Definitions The regulation requires that GNI and gross domestic product at market prices (GDP) * be defined in accordance with ESA 2010. Transmission of data and additional information to the European Commission EU Member States have to: calculate GNI; before 1 October each year, provide the Commission’s statistical office (Eurostat) with data relating to the preceding year and any changes made to the data for previous years, such as: figures for GNI aggregates and their components, totals for GDP and its components (according to the three approaches); accompany these data with a report on the quality of GNI data detailing the methodology used to produce the data, and in particular describing any significant changes in the sources and methods used and explaining the revisions made to GNI aggregates and their components compared to previous periods; provide Eurostat with an inventory of the sources and methods used to produce GNI aggregates and their components. Procedures and checks on the calculation of GNI An expert group, set up by Commission Decision, comprising representatives from the Member States, has been set up to: advise the Commission on the comparability, reliability and exhaustiveness of GNI calculations; examine implementation aspects of this regulation; issue annual opinions on the quality of the GNI data submitted by the Member States for own resource purposes. With regard to the inventories provided by the Member States, the Commission will verify the sources and their uses and methods, including by carrying out information visits. Implementing and delegated acts The regulation gives the Commission powers to adopt: delegated acts setting out the list of issues to be addressed in every verification cycle in order to ensure the reliability, exhaustiveness and highest possible degree of comparability of GNI data, in line with ESA 2010; specific implementing acts to make GNI data more comparable, reliable and exhaustive, based on the list of issues set out in the delegated acts. In October 2020, the Commission adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1546 , which sets out the structure and detailed arrangements of the inventory of the sources and methods used to produce GNI aggregates and their components in accordance with ESA 2010. In November 2021, the Commission adopted: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1947 defining the geographic territory of Member States for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516; Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1948 on the treatment of repayments of value added tax to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516; Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1949 on the principles for estimating dwelling services for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516. European Statistical System Committee Eurostat is assisted and advised by the European Statistical System Committee, which is composed of representatives from Member States and chaired by the Commission. Report Before 1 January 2023, the Commission will report to the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on the regulation’s application. FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY? It has applied since 18 April 2019. BACKGROUND For further information, see: Gross national income (Eurostat). KEY TERMS Gross national income at market prices (GNI): The total primary income receivable by resident institutional units: compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, property income (receivable less payable), gross operating surplus and gross mixed income. GNI equals GDP minus primary income payable by resident institutional units to non-resident institutional units plus primary income receivable by resident institutional units from the rest of the world. Gross domestic product at market prices (GDP): This can be defined in three ways. 1. Production approach. GDP is the sum of gross value added of the various institutional sectors or the various industries plus taxes and less subsidies on products (which are not allocated to sectors and industries). It is also the balancing item in the total economy production account. 2. Expenditure approach. GDP is the sum of final uses of goods and services by resident institutional units (final consumption and gross capital formation) plus exports and minus imports of goods and services. 3. Income approach. GDP is the sum of uses in the total economy generation of income account (compensation of employees, taxes on production and imports less subsidies, gross operating surplus and mixed income of the total economy). MAIN DOCUMENT Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices and repealing Council Directive 89/130/EEC, Euratom and Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1287/2003 (GNI Regulation) (OJ L 91, 29.3.2019, pp. 19–24). RELATED DOCUMENTS Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1947 of 10 November 2021 on the definition of the geographic territory of Member States for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) and repealing Commission Decision 91/450/EEC, Euratom and Commission Regulation (EC) No 109/2005 (OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, pp. 1–3). Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1948 of 10 November 2021 on the treatment of repayments of value added tax to non-taxable persons and to taxable persons for their exempt activities for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) and repealing Commission Decision 1999/622/EC, Euratom and Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 116/2005 (OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, pp. 4–5). Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1949 of 10 November 2021 on the principles for estimating dwelling services for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2019/516 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of gross national income at market prices (GNI Regulation) and repealing Commission Decision 95/309/EC, Euratom and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1722/2005 (OJ L 398, 11.11.2021, pp. 6–18). Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2021/768 of 30 April 2021 laying down implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 608/2014 (OJ L 165, 11.5.2021, pp. 1–8). Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1546 of 23 October 2020 establishing the structure and detailed arrangements of the inventory of the sources and methods used to produce gross national income aggregates and their components in accordance with the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) (OJ L 354, 26.10.2020, pp. 1–3). Commission Decision of 17 May 2019 setting up the Commission expert group on gross national income (OJ C 174, 21.5.2019, pp. 5–8). Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Part Seven – General and final provisions – Article 338 (ex Article 285 TEC) (OJ C 202, 7.6.2016, pp. 192–193). Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union (OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, pp. 105–111). Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union (OJ L 174, 26.6.2013, pp. 1–727). Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only. Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, pp. 164–173). See consolidated version. last update 11.02.2022


10.1.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union LI 8/1 REGULATION (EU) 2019/26 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 January 2019 complementing Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2), Whereas: (1) On 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom submitted the notification of its intention to withdraw from the Union pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). The Treaties will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from the date of entry into force of the withdrawal agreement or, failing that, two years after that notification, i.e. from 30 March 2019, unless the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously decides to extend that period. (2) The withdrawal agreement as agreed between the negotiators contains arrangements allowing for the application of provisions of Union law to and in the United Kingdom beyond the date that the Treaties cease to apply to and in the United Kingdom. If that agreement enters into force, the Union type-approval legislation will apply to and in the United Kingdom during the transition period in accordance with that agreement and will cease to apply at the end of that period. (3) A comprehensive Union type-approval legislative framework was established by Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6). (4) Those acts leave to manufacturers the choice of the type-approval authority from which to obtain a type-approval that allows them to place on the Union market vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units. (5) The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union would, in the absence of any special provisions, have the effect that EC type-approvals and EU type-approvals previously granted by the type-approval authority of the United Kingdom (‘UK type-approval authority’), in accordance with regulatory acts of the Union, could no longer ensure access to the Union market. Such type-approvals are also held by manufacturers established within the Member States other than the United Kingdom. While vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units type-approved by the United Kingdom, in accordance with regulatory acts of the Union can be placed on the Union market until Union type-approval legislation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom, it is necessary to establish special provisions for the purposes of facilitating the placing on the Union market of those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units after that date. (6) Currently, the Union type-approval legislation does not provide for the possibility to re-approve types already approved elsewhere in the Union. However, manufacturers should be able to continue the production of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units previously based on type-approvals granted by the UK type-approval authority, and to continue to place such vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units on the Union market. It is therefore necessary to allow manufacturers to obtain new type-approvals from type-approval authorities of Member States other than the United Kingdom. (7) This Regulation should also ensure that manufacturers continue to have the greatest possible freedom to choose the new Union type-approval authority. In particular, that choice by the manufacturer should not be dependent on the consent of the UK type-approval authority or the existence of any arrangements between the UK type-approval authority and the new Union type-approval authority. (8) In order to provide the necessary legal certainty for all stakeholders concerned and to ensure a level playing field for manufacturers, it is necessary to lay down, in a transparent manner, equal conditions applicable in all Member States. (9) In order to enable the continued production and placing on the market of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units, the requirements with which their types are to comply in order to be approved by the type-approval authority of a Member State other than the United Kingdom should be those applicable to the placing on the market of new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units and not those applicable to new types. (10) The requirements for new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units are likewise applicable to manufacturers holding type-approvals granted by the Member States other than the United Kingdom. Setting the same requirements for the approval of types under this Regulation as for the placing on the market of new vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units thus aims to ensure equal treatment of manufacturers affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom and those holding type-approvals granted by Member States other than the United Kingdom. (11) Nothing in this Regulation should prevent the vehicle manufacturer from applying on a voluntary basis for a Union approval of a vehicle type previously approved in the United Kingdom, on the basis of certain requirements applicable to new types of systems, components or separate technical units, where the type of vehicle remains otherwise identical to the one approved in the United Kingdom. (12) Approvals sought for entirely new types of vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units should not fall within the scope of this Regulation. (13) It should be possible for type-approvals granted on the basis of this Regulation to be based on test reports already presented for the purposes of obtaining the type-approvals in the United Kingdom, where the requirements that form the basis of such test reports have not changed. In order to allow for such continued use of test reports issued by the technical service notified by the United Kingdom, this Regulation should provide for an exemption from the requirement that such technical service must be designated by the authority granting the type-approval and notified by the Member State to the Commission. In order to also cover the time when Union type-approval legislation has ceased to apply to and in the United Kingdom, this Regulation should also provide for an exemption from the specific requirements concerning the designation and notification of technical services of third countries. (14) At the same time, since Union type-approval authorities are to be fully responsible for the new Union type-approvals they grant, they should have the discretion to require new tests to be carried out for any element of the type-approval as they see fit. (15) Insofar as this Regulation does not provide otherwise, the general rules on EC type-approval and EU type-approval should continue to apply. (16) It should be taken into account that the role attributed to type-approval authorities does not end with the production or placing on the market of a vehicle, system, component or a separate technical unit, but extends over several years after the placing on the market of those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units. This applies in particular with regard to in-service conformity obligations for vehicles falling under Directive 2007/46/EC and with regard to repair and maintenance information obligations and potential recalls for vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units falling under Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2016/1628. It is therefore necessary that the authority granting the Union type-approval takes over those obligations also with respect to vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units based on the same type and already placed on the Union market on the basis of the UK type-approval to ensure that there is a responsible type-approval authority. (17) When manufacturers make use of the procedures set out in this Regulation, their UK type-approval may become invalid before Union type-approval legislation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom due to the granting of the Union type-approval for the same type. Since manufacturers should not be disadvantaged for having made use of this Regulation, the stock of compliant vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units produced on the basis of a valid UK type-approval should be allowed to be placed on the market, registered and entered into service, once the manufacturers have obtained a new Union type-approval, for as long as Union type-approval legislation continues to apply to and in the United Kingdom, provided that those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units continue to fulfil the general requirements of the acts listed in Article 1. Since the moments of placing on the market, of registration, and of entry into service can differ, the moment when the first of those steps has been undertaken should be used to determine the time limits set out in this Regulation. (18) It is also necessary that a Union type-approval authority takes over certain obligations with respect to vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units that were placed on the Union market on the basis of UK type-approvals that are either no longer valid pursuant to Article 17 of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 or for which no Union type-approval is sought. To ensure that there is a responsible Union type-approval authority, manufacturers should be required to request the Union type-approval authority that is to approve types previously approved in the United Kingdom to assume obligations regarding recalls, repair and maintenance information and in-service conformity checks with respect to their vehicles, systems, components and separate technical unit based on other types and already placed on the Union market. To limit the extent of the obligations taken over by the Union type-approval authority, those obligations should only concern vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units based on UK type-approvals that were granted after 1 January 2008. (19) Decisions of national authorities taken in accordance with Article 27(3) of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 39(3) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 or Article 44(3) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 while Union type-approval legislation still applies to and in the United Kingdom, permitting the making available on the market, registration, sale or entry into service of end-of series vehicles conforming to a type whose UK type-approval has become invalid before the day Union type-approval legislation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom should remain applicable. (20) The exemptions and transitional provisions applicable to engines or vehicles and non-road mobile machinery in which such engines are installed set out in Article 10(7) of Directive 97/68/EC, Article 34(7) and (8) or Article 58(5) to (11) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, and in acts adopted on the basis of Article 19(6), Article 20(8), Article 28(6) and Article 53(12) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 allowing the placing on the market of such engines, vehicles and non-road mobile machinery without the requirement of a valid type-approval, should continue to apply. (21) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to complement Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 with special rules relating to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 TEU. In accordance with the principle of proportionality as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. (22) In order to allow manufacturers to take the necessary measures to prepare without delay for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom with regard to Union type-approval legislation, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation complements Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 by establishing special provisions for the EU type-approval and the placing on the market of vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units which have been type-approved by the type-approval authority of the United Kingdom (‘UK type-approval authority’) while the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation still applies to and in the United Kingdom. Article 2 Scope 1. This Regulation shall apply to vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units which fall within the scope of Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 and their types which have been approved by the UK type-approval authority on the basis of those acts or any regulatory act of the Union listed in Annex IV to Directive 2007/46/EC or any regulatory act repealed by those regulatory acts of the Union. 2. References to separate technical units under this Regulation shall be understood as covering references to engines under Regulation (EU) 2016/1628. Article 3 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘Union type-approval authority’ means a type-approval authority of a Member State other than the United Kingdom; (2) ‘UK type-approval’ means an EC type-approval or EU type-approval granted by the UK type-approval authority; (3) ‘Union type-approval’ means an EU type-approval granted by a Union type-approval authority in accordance with this Regulation. Article 4 Application for a Union type-approval 1. By way of derogation from Article 6(6) and Article 7(1) of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, a manufacturer holding a UK type-approval that has not become invalid pursuant to Article 17 of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 may, until the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom, submit an application to a Union type-approval authority for a Union type-approval of the same type. 2. In order to be approved, the type must comply with the requirements for the placing on the market, registration or entry into service of new vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units applicable at the time when the Union type-approval takes effect. 3. By submitting the application pursuant to paragraph 1, the manufacturer shall be liable to pay adequate fees, laid down by the Union type-approval authority, for any costs resulting from the exercise of the powers and the fulfilment of the obligations of the Union type-approval authority in relation to the Union type-approval. 4. When submitting the application pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the manufacturer shall, at the request of the Union type-approval authority, submit any documentation and information that the authority deems necessary in order to decide whether to grant a Union type-approval in accordance with Article 5. The documentation and information referred to in the first subparagraph may include the original UK type-approval including all amendments, the information folder and the test reports. In the case of vehicles, such a request may also include any EC type-approval, EU type-approval or UN type-approval and its attachments, as part of the whole vehicle type-approval. Article 5 Conditions for the granting of a Union type-approval and its effects 1. By way of derogation from Article 8(2), Article 9(1) and Article 10(1) and (2) of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 7(2) and Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, the Union type-approval authority which has received an application in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation may grant a Union type-approval with respect to a vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit if the type in question meets, at the time when the Union type-approval takes effect, the requirements applicable for the placing on the market, registration or entry into service of new vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units. 2. Insofar as no new requirements are applicable and without prejudice to paragraph 3 of this Article, the Union type-approval may be granted on the basis of the same test reports which were previously used for the granting of the UK type-approval in accordance with the applicable provisions, regardless of whether the technical service that issued the test report has been designated and notified by the Member State granting the Union type-approval in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, and even after the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom. 3. Before granting a Union type-approval, the Union type-approval authority may request the repetition of specific tests. In that case, those tests shall be carried out by a technical service which has been designated and notified by the Member State of the Union type-approval authority in accordance with Directive 2007/46/EC, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2016/1628. 4. The type approved in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article shall receive an EU type-approval certificate with a number consisting of the distinguishing number of the Member State whose type-approval authority granted the Union type-approval and of the number of the applicable act referred to in Article 2(1). It shall also include the number of the latest amending act containing requirements for type-approval in accordance with which the Union type-approval is granted. For vehicles, the type-approval certificate and the certificate of conformity shall, under ‘Remarks:’, contain the mention ‘Previously type-approved as’ and refer to the number and the date of the EU type-approval certificate received following the UK type-approval. For systems, components or separate technical units, the type-approval certificate shall contain the mention ‘Previously type-approved and marked as’ and refer to the type-approval mark received following the UK type-approval. 5. The Union type-approval shall take effect on the day of its granting or on a later date determined therein. The UK type-approval shall become invalid on the day preceding the day on which the Union type-approval takes effect. In any event, it shall become invalid at the latest on the day on which the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom. 6. A Union type-approval shall be considered to be an EC type-approval or an EU type-approval within the meaning of Directive 2007/46/EC or any act listed in Annex IV to that Directive, Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2016/1628. All provisions of those acts not derogated from in this Regulation shall continue to apply. The Union type-approval authority shall take full responsibility for the obligations stemming from the Union type-approval. The Union type-approval authority shall also, from the time when the Union type-approval takes effect, exercise all the powers and fulfil all the obligations of the UK type-approval authority with respect to the following: (a) vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units produced on the basis of the UK type-approval already placed on the market, registered or entered into service in the Union; (b) vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units produced on the basis of the UK type-approval to be placed on the market, registered or entered into service in the Union in accordance with the third subparagraph. Vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units produced on the basis of a UK type-approval which has become invalid as a result of the granting of a Union type-approval may be placed on the market, registered and entered into service in the Union until the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation ceases to apply to and in the United Kingdom or, where the Union type-approval becomes invalid before that date pursuant to Article 17 of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, until the date on which the Union type-approval becomes invalid. For vehicles, manufacturers shall indicate the Union type-approval number in a supplement to the certificate of conformity before such vehicles are placed on the market, registered or entered into service in the Union. The Union type-approval authority shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the UK type-approval authority. Article 6 Union type-approval authority responsible for vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units of types not approved under this Regulation 1. When applying for a Union type-approval under Article 4, a manufacturer shall also request the Union type-approval authority in question to take over the obligations of the UK type-approval authority with respect to the manufacturer's other vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units placed on the market, registered or entered into service in the Union on the basis of UK type-approvals that have either become invalid pursuant to Article 17 of Directive 2007/46/EC, Article 32 of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, Article 37 of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 or Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, or for which no Union type-approval is sought under this Regulation. Such request shall be made for all vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units based on UK type-approvals held by the manufacturer that were granted after 1 January 2008 unless the manufacturer presents proof to the Union type-approval authority that it has an agreement with another Union type-approval authority covering those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units. 2. The Union type-approval authority may only grant a Union type-approval in accordance with Article 5 after it has accepted the request made pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article and after the manufacturer has agreed to cover the costs that the Union type-approval authority incur as a result of exercising its powers and fulfilling its obligations in respect of the vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units concerned. 3. After accepting the request referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and granting the Union type-approval in accordance with Article 5, the Union type-approval authority shall exercise all the powers and fulfil all the obligations of the UK type-approval authority with respect to all vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units produced on the basis of the UK type-approvals referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article regarding recalls, repair and maintenance information and in-service conformity checks. The Union type-approval authority shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of the UK type-approval authority. 4. The Union type-approval authority shall inform the type-approval authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the types for which it has taken over the obligations of the UK type-approval authority in accordance with paragraph 1. Article 7 Specific provisions This Regulation shall not preclude the placing on the market, making available on the market, registration or entry into service of engines, or of vehicles and non-road mobile machinery in which such engines are installed, that conform to a type whose UK type-approval has become invalid while the Union type-approval legislation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation still applies to and in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 10(7) of Directive 97/68/EC, Article 34(7) and (8) or Article 58(5) to (11) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 and acts adopted on the basis of Article 19(6), Article 20(8), Article 28(6) and Article 53(12) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013. Article 8 Entry into force and application This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 8 January 2019. For the European Parliament The President A. TAJANI For the Council The President G. CIAMBA (1) OJ C 440, 6.12.2018, p. 95. (2) Position of the European Parliament of 11 December 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 20 December 2018. (3) Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, p. 1). (4) Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1). (5) Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52). (6) Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53).

Summary: EU type-approval legislation with regard to the UKThe United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union and became a third country (non-EU country) as of 1 February 2020. withdrawal EU type-approval legislation with regard to the UK (1) withdrawal SUMMARY OF: Regulation (EU) 2019/26 — complementing EU type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (1) from the EU WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS REGULATION? It establishes new rules to ensure a smooth transition for the type-approval* of motor vehicles, as well as of systems, components and separate technical units intended for these vehicles, when the UK (1) leaves the EU. KEY POINTS Legal context Under EU law, the approval of a vehicle type in one EU country is valid EU-wide without the need for further tests and re-certification in other EU countries. After the UK's withdrawal from the EU (or at the end of the transition period, if the Withdrawal Agreement is ratified), the UK (1) type-approval authority will no longer be a national authority of an EU country. Therefore, without agreement on a new relationship between the two parties, it will no longer be possible for manufacturers to place vehicles on the market of the 27 remaining EU countries (EU-27) on the basis of type-approvals granted in the UK (1). EU-27 type-approval Manufacturers can apply to an EU-27 type-approval authority for types previously approved by the UK (1) authority. Manufacturers must: pay fees to the EU type-approval authority for carrying out its functions and duties;provide documentation and information to the EU authority if requested. Conditions for approval The type must comply with the rules for the placing on the market, registration or entry into service of new vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units applicable when the EU type-approval takes effect. Approval may be granted on the basis of the same test reports used for the granting of the UK (1) type-approval in accordance with the applicable rules, regardless of whether the technical service that issued the test report has been designated and notified by the EU country granting the EU type-approval. The EU authority can request the repetition of specific tests. These must be carried by a technical service designated and notified by that authority. EU type-approval takes effect on the day it is granted granting unless otherwise stated. The UK (1) type-approval becomes invalid on the day preceding that on which EU type-approval takes effect. In any event, UK (1) type-approval will become invalid at the latest on the day on which the EU type-approval legislation ceases to apply to and in the UK (1). EU type-approval authority From the time that the EU type-approval takes effect, the EU authority in question is responsible for vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units manufactured on the basis of the UK (1) type-approval and placed or to be placed on the market, registered or put into service in the EU. The manufacturer must also request that the EU authority in question takes over the obligations of the UK (1) type-approval authority concerning the manufacturer's other vehicles, systems, components or separate technical units placed on the market, registered or entered into service in the EU on the basis of UK (1) type-approvals that have either become invalid, or for which no EU type-approval is sought under this regulation. This request must be made for all vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units based on UK (1) type-approvals held by the manufacturer that were granted after 1 January 2008 unless the manufacturer can provide proof of an agreement with another EU type-approval authority covering those vehicles, systems, components and separate technical units. The EU authority is not responsible for any acts or omissions of the UK (1) authority. FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY? It has applied since 13 January 2019. BACKGROUND The EU has adopted specific type-approval and market surveillance rules for agricultural and forestry vehicles, as well as for 2 and 3 wheel vehicles and quadracycles. KEY TERMS Type-approval: the procedure whereby an approval authority certifies that a type of vehicle, system, component or separate technical unit satisfies certain legal requirements. MAIN DOCUMENT Regulation (EU) 2019/26 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 January 2019 complementing Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (OJ L 8I, 10.1.2019, pp. 1-7) RELATED DOCUMENTS Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, pp. 53-117) Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September 2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (OJ L 263, 9.10.2007, pp. 1-160) Successive amendments to Directive 2007/46/EC have been incorporated into the original document. This consolidated version is of documentary value only. Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, pp. 1-51) See consolidated version. Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, pp. 52-128) See consolidated version. last update 16.05.2019(1) The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union and became a third country (non-EU country) as of 1 February 2020.