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the receipt of the latter’s Note Verbale No. 2020-04 dated 30 January 2020 concerning the
Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from
the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (the “Note Verbale”), which
reads as follows:

“The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea presents its compliments to the
Government of the Republic of Korea and has the honour to transmit the present Note Verbale
on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the
European Atomic Energy Community.

Furthermore, for all conventions/agreements/arrangements to which the European Union or the
European Atomic Energy Community is a signatory, party or participant, and for which the
Government of the Republic of Korea is the depositary or chair, the Delegation of the European
Union to the Republic of Korea kindly requests that your Government bring the Annex to the
present    Note   Verbale      to   the   attention   of    the   other   parties   or   participants   to   these
conventions/agreements/arrangements.
The Note Verbale has been endorsed by the Member States of the Union, including the United
Kingdom.
The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea avails itself of this opportunity
to renew to the Government of the Republic of Korea the assurances of its highest consideration.
Annex to the Note Verbale on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic
Energy Community
1. On 29 March 2017, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland (the "United Kingdom") notified the European Council of the United Kingdom's intention
to withdraw from the European Union ("Union") and the European Atomic Energy Community
("Euratom") in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. On 22 March 2019,
the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the period
provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 12 April 2019. On 10 April
2019, the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the period
provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 31 October 2019. On 29
October 2019, the European Council decided in agreement with the United Kingdom to extend the
period provided for in Article 50(3) of the Treaty on European Union until 31 January 2020. The
United Kingdom will therefore cease to be a Member State of the European Union and of
Euratom on 1 February 2020.
2. On 24 January 2020, the Union and Euratom, and the United Kingdom, in accordance with
Article 50, paragraph 2, of the Treaty on European Union, signed an Agreement setting out the
arrangements for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and Euratom
("Withdrawal Agreement")2). The Withdrawal Agreement will enter into force on 1 February 2020,
subject to its prior ratification by the United Kingdom and conclusion by the Union and Euratom.
3. In order to address the specific situation of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the
Union and Euratom, the Withdrawal Agreement provides for a time-limited transition period

  2) The text of the Withdrawal Agreement can be consulted in the Official Journal of the European Union of 12
  November 2019, C384I, p.1.

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