제19684호                               관             보                  2020. 2. 7.(금요일)
during which, save certain very limited exceptions, Union law shall be applicable to and in the
United Kingdom and that any reference to Member States in Union law, including as
implemented and applied by Member States, shall be understood as including the United
Kingdom.
4. The Union and Euratom, and the United Kingdom have agreed that Union law within the
meaning of the Withdrawal Agreement encompasses international agreements concluded by the
Union (or Euratom), or by Member States acting on behalf of the Union (or Euratom), or by the
Union (or Euratom) and its Member States jointly.
5. Subject to timely ratification and conclusion of the Withdrawal Agreement, the Union and
Euratom notify parties to the international agreements referred to in point 4 above that, during
the transition period, the United Kingdom is treated as a Member State of the Union and of
Euratom for the purposes of these international agreements.
6. It is understood that the principles set out in this Annex also extend to international
instruments and arrangements without legally binding force entered into by the Union or Euratom
and to international agreements referred to in point 4 above which are provisionally applied.
7. The provisions relating to the transition period are laid down in Part Four (Articles 126 to
132) of the Withdrawal Agreement, to be read in conjunction with the other relevant provisions
of the Withdrawal Agreement, in particular its Part One.
8. The transition period starts on 1 February 2020 and ends on 31 December 2020, but the
Withdrawal Agreement foresees the possibility of adopting a single decision extending the
transition period for up to 24 months. In the event of an extension, the Union and Euratom will
communicate this by a further Note Verbale.
9. At the end of the transition period, the United Kingdom will no longer be covered by the
international agreements referred to in points 4 and 6 above. This is without prejudice to the
status of the United Kingdom in relation to multilateral agreements to which it is a party in its
own right.”
       The Ministry has the further honour to inform the Delegation of the European Union to
the Republic of Korea of the following positions of the Government of the Republic of Korea:

       A. The Government of the Republic of Korea has taken into consideration the notification
       contained in the Note Verbale to the effect that, during the transition period, which starts
       on 1 February 2020 and ends on 31 December 2020, the United Kingdom of Great Britain
       and Northern Ireland (the “United Kingdom”) is to be treated as a Member State of the
       European Union and of the European Atomic Energy Community (“Euratom”) for the
       purposes of the international agreements referred to in point 4 of the Annex to the Note
       Verbale, including those concluded with the         Republic of   Korea (the “international
       agreements referred to in paragraph A”).

       B. The Government of the Republic of Korea further relies on the Note Verbale in
       accordance with the rules of international law, including the Vienna Convention on the
       Law of Treaties of 1969.

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