# L_2019060EN.01002901.xml

| 28.2.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 60/29 |
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28.2.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 60/29

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 246/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement [2019/340]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/492 of 21 March 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/492 of 21 March 2017 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex VI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex VI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex VI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent is added in points 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 2 (Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32017 R 0492: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/492 of 21 March 2017 (OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 13).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in points 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 2 (Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32017 R 0492: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/492 of 21 March 2017 (OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 13).’

| 2. | The following shall be added in adaptation (h) of point 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘NORWAY
  Old age income pension under the National Insurance Act (Chapter 20) and defined contribution pension schemes under the Act on Mandatory Occupational Pensions.’ |
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2.

The following shall be added in adaptation (h) of point 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘NORWAY

Old age income pension under the National Insurance Act (Chapter 20) and defined contribution pension schemes under the Act on Mandatory Occupational Pensions.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2017/492 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 5 December 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 13.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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