# L_2022182EN.01007401.xml

| 7.7.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 182/74 |
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7.7.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 182/74

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 83/2022

of 18 March 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1151]

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) 2019/1752 of 25 February 2019 establishing questionnaires, as well as the format and frequency of reports to be prepared by the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752 of 25 February 2019 establishing questionnaires, as well as the format and frequency of reports to be prepared by the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is inserted after point 22a (Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘22aa. | 32019 D 1752: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752 of 25 February 2019 establishing questionnaires, as well as the format and frequency of reports to be prepared by the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 23.10.2019, p. 5).
  The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  Article 1 and Annex I shall not apply to the EFTA States.’ |
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‘22aa.

32019 D 1752: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752 of 25 February 2019 establishing questionnaires, as well as the format and frequency of reports to be prepared by the Member States in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 23.10.2019, p. 5).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 1 and Annex I shall not apply to the EFTA States.’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1752 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 19 March 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 18 March 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 269, 23.10.2019, p. 5.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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