# L_2019174EN.01005901.xml

| 27.6.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 174/59 |
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27.6.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 174/59

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 187/2017

of 22 September 2017

amending Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1075]

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) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Directive (EU) 2015/2302 repeals, with effect from 1 July 2018, Council Directive 90/314/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2018. |
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(2)

Directive (EU) 2015/2302 repeals, with effect from 1 July 2018, Council Directive 90/314/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2018.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 7f (Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 7i (Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 7i (Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’

| 3. | The following point is inserted after point 7k (Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘7l. | 32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  In Article 14(4), as regards the EFTA States, the words “the Union” shall read “an EFTA State”.’ |
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3.

The following point is inserted after point 7k (Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘7l.

32015 L 2302: Directive (EU) 2015/2302 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on package travel and linked travel arrangements, amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/314/EEC (OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1).

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

In Article 14(4), as regards the EFTA States, the words “the Union” shall read “an EFTA State”.’

| 4. | The text of point 7 (Council Directive 90/314/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2018. |
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4.

The text of point 7 (Council Directive 90/314/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2018.

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2015/2302 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 23 September 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, 22 September 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 326, 11.12.2015, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, p. 59.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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