# L_2017300EN.01005701.xml

| 16.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 300/57 |
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16.11.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 300/57

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 98/2016

of 29 April 2016

amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2048]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2170 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2170 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2171 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2171 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2172 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2172 of 24 November 2015 amending Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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 is added in point 2 (Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 R 2170: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2170 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 5).’ |
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1.

The following is added in point 2 (Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 R 2170: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2170 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 5).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 4 (Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 R 2171: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2171 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 7).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 4 (Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 R 2171: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2171 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 7).’

| 3. | The following is added in point 6f (Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32015 R 2172: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2172 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 9).’ |
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3.

The following is added in point 6f (Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32015 R 2172: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2172 of 24 November 2015 (OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 9).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2015/2170, (EU) 2015/2171 and (EU) 2015/2172 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 30 April 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2016 of 29 April 2016 (4), whichever is the later.

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, 29 April 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 5.

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(2)  
  OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 7.

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(3)  
  OJ L 307, 25.11.2015, p. 9.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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(4)  See page 49 of this Official Journal.

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