# L_2015230EN.01002701.xml

| 3.9.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 230/27 |
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3.9.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 230/27

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 224/2014

of 24 October 2014

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1448]

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) | Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Directive 2013/53/EU repeals, with effect from 18 January 2016, Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 18 January 2016. |
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(2)

Directive 2013/53/EU repeals, with effect from 18 January 2016, Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to recreational craft (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 18 January 2016.

| (3) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XXXI of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following point is inserted after point 1 (Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘2. | 32013 L 0053: Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 90).’; |
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(1)

the following point is inserted after point 1 (Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘2.

32013 L 0053: Directive 2013/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on recreational craft and personal watercraft and repealing Directive 94/25/EC (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 90).’;

| (2) | the text of point 1 (Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 18 January 2016. |
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(2)

the text of point 1 (Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 18 January 2016.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2013/53/EU 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 1 November 2014, 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, 24 October 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 90.

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(2)  
  OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 15.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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