# L_2020068EN.01007901.xml

| 5.3.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 68/79 |
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5.3.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 68/79

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 321/2019

of 13 December 2019

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2020/339]

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 (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (1), as corrected by OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 17, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory (1), as corrected by OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 17, 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

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

| (1) | the following is added in point 25d (Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 L 0412: Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 (OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 17.’; |
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(1)

the following is added in point 25d (Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 L 0412: Directive (EU) 2015/412 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 (OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 17.’;

| (2) | the following is added to the adaptation text in point 25d (Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘(e) | In Article 26c(1), as regards the EFTA States, the words “From 2 April 2015 until 3 October 2015” shall be replaced with “Until six months after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 321/2019 of 13 December 2019’, and the words “before 2 April 2015” shall be replaced with “before the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 321/2019 of 13 December 2019”.’ |
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(2)

the following is added to the adaptation text in point 25d (Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘(e)

In Article 26c(1), as regards the EFTA States, the words “From 2 April 2015 until 3 October 2015” shall be replaced with “Until six months after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 321/2019 of 13 December 2019’, and the words “before 2 April 2015” shall be replaced with “before the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 321/2019 of 13 December 2019”.’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2015/412, as corrected by OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 17, 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 14 December 2019, 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, 13 December 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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