# L_2022246EN.01012501.xml

| 22.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 246/125 |
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22.9.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 246/125

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 158/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1602]

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 Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 amending Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of harmonised risk indicators (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 amending Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of harmonised risk indicators (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

Point 1l (Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following is added:

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32019 L 0782: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 (OJ L 127, 16.5.2019, p. 4).’ |
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1.

The following is added:

‘, as amended by:

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32019 L 0782: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 (OJ L 127, 16.5.2019, p. 4).’

| 2. | The word ‘adaptation’ is replaced by the word ‘adaptations’. |
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2.

The word ‘adaptation’ is replaced by the word ‘adaptations’.

| 3. | The existing adaptation is numbered as adaptation (a). |
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3.

The existing adaptation is numbered as adaptation (a).

| 4. | The following adaptations are added:






  ‘(b) | As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2(7) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022. |
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4.

The following adaptations are added:

‘(b)

As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2(7) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022.

| (c) | As regards the EFTA States, Section 3(4) of Annex IV shall read as follows:

  “The baseline for Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 2016-2018. The first year of calculation is 2016.” |
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(c)

As regards the EFTA States, Section 3(4) of Annex IV shall read as follows:

“The baseline for Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 2016-2018. The first year of calculation is 2016.”

| (d) | As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3(6) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022. |
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(d)

As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3(6) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022.

| (e) | Liechtenstein is exempted from calculating and publishing the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2 of Annex IV and the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3 of Annex IV.’ |
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(e)

Liechtenstein is exempted from calculating and publishing the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2 of Annex IV and the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3 of Annex IV.’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2019/782 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 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, 29 April 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 127, 16.5.2019, p. 4.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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