# L_2018297EN.01005201.xml

| 22.11.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 297/52 |
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22.11.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 297/52

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 41/2017

of 3 February 2017

amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1775]

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) 2016/1804 of 10 October 2016 on the detailed rules for the application of Articles 34 and 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 of 10 October 2016 on the detailed rules for the application of Articles 34 and 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 repeals Commission Decision 2005/15/EC of 7 January 2005 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 repeals Commission Decision 2005/15/EC of 7 January 2005 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | the following point is inserted after point 6 g (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986):






  ‘6h. | 32016 D 1804: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 of 10 October 2016 on the detailed rules for the application of Articles 34 and 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ L 275, 12.10.2016, p. 39).’; |
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(1)

the following point is inserted after point 6 g (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986):

‘6h.

32016 D 1804: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 of 10 October 2016 on the detailed rules for the application of Articles 34 and 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ L 275, 12.10.2016, p. 39).’;

| (2) | the text of point 6b (Commission Decision 2005/15/EC) is deleted. |
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(2)

the text of point 6b (Commission Decision 2005/15/EC) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1804 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 4 February 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, 3 February 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 275, 12.10.2016, p. 39.

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(2)  
  OJ L 7, 11.1.2005, p. 7.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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