Published EU Acts
Regulation (EU) 2025/2645 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2025 on compulsory licensing for crisis management and amending Regulation (EC) No 816/2006
Date of Notification to Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC): 2 January 2026
Date published in Official Journal of the EU: 30 December 2025
Status: No Inquiry
DSC Decisions: At its meeting of 8 January 2026, the Committee decided not to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act, pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act.
Evidence gathering: The DSC gathered evidence on the act when it was at proposal stage, and had not yet been notified to the Committee. You can read this evidence here.
Further information on the Act can be found below:
- Department of Health Assessment of Impact - 5 January 2026 [PDF, 4 pages, 193KB]
- Extract from the Twenty First Report of session 2022-23 published by the House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee [PDF, 6 Pages, 93KB]
- Correspondence published by the House of Lords European Affairs Sub-Committee on the Windsor Framework [PDF, 2 Pages, 68KB]
Relevant Official Report (Hansard) transcript: