# L_2022246EN.01022201.xml

| 22.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 246/222 |
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22.9.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 246/222

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 164/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2022/1608]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (1). |
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(1)

It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025 (1).

| (2) | Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Article 3(8)(a) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following is added in the first indent (Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32021 R 0268: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).’; |
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(1)

the following is added in the first indent (Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32021 R 0268: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21).’;

| (2) | adaptation (viii) in the first indent is renumbered as adaptation (ix); |
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(2)

adaptation (viii) in the first indent is renumbered as adaptation (ix);

| (3) | the following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (vii):






  ‘(viii) | The following shall be added to the table of section C of Annex IV:

  “Iceland
  -30 405

  Norway
  -26 085 000”’. |
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(3)

the following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (vii):

‘(viii)

The following shall be added to the table of section C of Annex IV:

“Iceland

Norway
  -26 085 000”’.

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 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 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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