Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/880 of 25 February 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific provisions contained in the Interim Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/287 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 February 2019 implementing bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and third countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2019/287 lays down provisions for the implementation of bilateral safeguard clauses and other mechanisms allowing for the temporary withdrawal of preferences in certain trade agreements concluded between the European Union and one or more third countries. The provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/287 apply without prejudice to any specific provisions contained in those trade agreements, where such provisions are not in accordance with that Regulation. Such specific provisions contained in certain trade agreements are listed in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

(2) The European Union and Chile have concluded an Interim Trade Agreement (2) containing certain provisions on bilateral safeguards that are not in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/287. Therefore, the Annex to that Regulation should include references to such provisions.

(3) Accordingly, in order to ensure transparency and readability, these provisions should be added to the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The text in the Annex to this Regulation is added to the text in the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2019/287.

Article 2

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, 25 February 2025.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 53, 22.2.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/287/oj.

(2) OJ L, 2024/2953, 20.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/2024/2953/oj.