This Joint Committee Decision No 3/2025 updates Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework by adding two new EU regulations. These regulations concern temporary trade liberalization measures for Ukraine and Moldova, supplementing existing trade concessions under their respective Association Agreements with the EU. The decision ensures that these updated trade arrangements are also applicable within the context of the Windsor Framework.
The decision consists of a preamble outlining the legal basis and reasons for the update, followed by two articles. Article 1 explicitly adds Regulation (EU) 2024/1392 concerning Ukraine and Regulation (EU) 2024/1501 concerning Moldova to Annex 2 of the Windsor Framework, specifically under the section addressing general trade-related aspects. These regulations extend the trade liberalization measures previously established by Regulations (EU) 2023/1077 and (EU) 2023/1524, which have now expired. Article 2 states that the decision comes into force the day after its adoption.
The most important provision is Article 1, which directly incorporates the new regulations on trade liberalization for Ukraine and Moldova into the Windsor Framework. This ensures that the trade benefits granted to these countries by the EU are also recognized and applied within the specific context of the trade relationship between the UK and the EU under the Windsor Framework. **** This has implications for trade of Ukrainian goods involving Northern Ireland.
