# L_2020340EN.01002901.xml

| 15.10.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 340/29 |
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15.10.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/29

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 94/2018

of 27 April 2018

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2020/1454]

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) 2017/2397 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive (EU) 2017/2397 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Directive (EU) 2017/2397 repeals, with effect from 18 January 2022, Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC, which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 18 January 2022. |
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(2)

Directive (EU) 2017/2397 repeals, with effect from 18 January 2022, Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC, which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 18 January 2022.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | the following point is inserted after point 46b (Council Directive 96/50/EC):






  ‘46c. | 32017 L 2397: Directive (EU) 2017/2397 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 53).’; |
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(1)

the following point is inserted after point 46b (Council Directive 96/50/EC):

‘46c.

32017 L 2397: Directive (EU) 2017/2397 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation and repealing Council Directives 91/672/EEC and 96/50/EC (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 53).’;

| (2) | the text of points 46a (Council Directive 91/672/EEC) and 46b (Council Directive 96/50/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 18 January 2022. |
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(2)

the text of points 46a (Council Directive 91/672/EEC) and 46b (Council Directive 96/50/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 18 January 2022.

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2017/2397 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 28 April 2018, 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, 27 April 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 53.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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