# L_2021337EN.01005701.xml

| 23.9.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 337/57 |
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23.9.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/57

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 258/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1522]

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) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following is added in points 22 (Council Directive 98/59/EC), 24 (Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 27 (Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 32d (Council Directive 2001/23/EC) and 32f (Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 L 1794: Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 (OJ L 263, 8.10.2015, p. 1).’ |
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1.

The following is added in points 22 (Council Directive 98/59/EC), 24 (Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 27 (Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 32d (Council Directive 2001/23/EC) and 32f (Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 L 1794: Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 (OJ L 263, 8.10.2015, p. 1).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 32l (Council Directive 2014/112/EU):






  ‘32m. | 32015 L 1794: Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (OJ L 263, 8.10.2015, p. 1).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 32l (Council Directive 2014/112/EU):

‘32m.

32015 L 1794: Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (OJ L 263, 8.10.2015, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2015/1794 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 6 December 2018, 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, 5 December 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint Committee

Hege M. HOFF

Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI

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(1)  
  OJ L 263, 8.10.2015, p. 1.

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(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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