# L_2019219EN.01001201.xml

| 22.8.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 219/12 |
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22.8.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 219/12

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 199/2017

of 27 October 2017

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1362]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1412 of 1 August 2017 on the recognition of Fiji pursuant to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the systems for training and certification of seafarers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1412 of 1 August 2017 on the recognition of Fiji pursuant to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the systems for training and certification of seafarers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Council Directive 96/98/EC (2) was repealed by Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the reference to Council Directive 96/98/EC should be deleted from the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Council Directive 96/98/EC (2) was repealed by Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the reference to Council Directive 96/98/EC should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | The following point is inserted after point 56ju (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/727):






  ‘56jv. | 32017 D 1412: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1412 of 1 August 2017 on the recognition of Fiji pursuant to Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the systems for training and certification of seafarers (OJ L 202, 3.8.2017, p. 6).’ |
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(1)

The following point is inserted after point 56ju (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/727):

‘56jv.

| (2) | The text of point 56d (Council Directive 96/98/EC) is deleted. |
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(2)

The text of point 56d (Council Directive 96/98/EC) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1412 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 28 October 2017, 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, 27 October 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 202, 3.8.2017, p. 6.

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(2)  
  OJ L 46, 17.2.1997, p. 25.

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(3)  
  OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 146.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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