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| 29.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 164/75 |
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29.6.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 164/75

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 333/2022

of 9 December 2022

amending Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1275]

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) | Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘- | 32018 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32018 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1).’

| 2. | In point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council), the following adaptations are inserted after adaptation (b):






  ‘(c) | In the second paragraph of Article 5:






  (i) | in point (b), the words “Union law” shall read “the EEA Agreement”; |
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2.

In point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council), the following adaptations are inserted after adaptation (b):

‘(c)

In the second paragraph of Article 5:

(i)

in point (b), the words “Union law” shall read “the EEA Agreement”;

| (ii) | in point (g), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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(ii)

in point (g), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (d) | In Article 9(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.’ |
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(d)

In Article 9(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.’

| 3. | The following is inserted after point 4 (Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘5. | 32018 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






  (a) | References to Union law shall be understood as references to the EEA Agreement. |
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3.

The following is inserted after point 4 (Regulation (EU) 2018/302 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘5.

32018 R 1724: Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

References to Union law shall be understood as references to the EEA Agreement.

| (b) | In Article 1(1), the words “Article 26(2) TFEU” shall read “Article 1(2)(a) to (d) of the EEA Agreement”. |
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(b)

In Article 1(1), the words “Article 26(2) TFEU” shall read “Article 1(2)(a) to (d) of the EEA Agreement”.

| (c) | In Article 5(3), the following subparagraph shall be added:

  “As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall activate the links referred to in paragraph 1 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.” |
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(c)

In Article 5(3), the following subparagraph shall be added:

“As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall activate the links referred to in paragraph 1 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.”

| (d) | In Article 6(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “the Commission”. |
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(d)

In Article 6(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “the Commission”.

| (e) | In Article 7(4), the following subparagraph shall be added:

  “As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall activate the links referred to in paragraph 3 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.” |
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(e)

In Article 7(4), the following subparagraph shall be added:

“As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall activate the links referred to in paragraph 3 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.”

| (f) | In Article 17, the following paragraph shall be added:

  “4.   As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall temporarily disconnect the information, the procedure, or the assistance or problem-solving service pursuant to point (d) of paragraph 2 or disconnect an assistance or problem-solving service pursuant to paragraph 3 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.” |
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(f)

In Article 17, the following paragraph shall be added:

“4.   As regards the EFTA States, the Commission shall temporarily disconnect the information, the procedure, or the assistance or problem-solving service pursuant to point (d) of paragraph 2 or disconnect an assistance or problem-solving service pursuant to paragraph 3 upon request by the EFTA Surveillance Authority.”

| (g) | In Article 25(3) and (4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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(g)

In Article 25(3) and (4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (h) | In Article 29, the words “and a representative of the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “Member State”. |
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(h)

In Article 29, the words “and a representative of the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the words “Member State”.

| (i) | In Annex I, as regards the EFTA States, the words “Union Customs Code” shall be replaced by the words “relevant legislation”.’ |
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(i)

In Annex I, as regards the EFTA States, the words “Union Customs Code” shall be replaced by the words “relevant legislation”.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 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 10 December 2022, 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, 9 December 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, p. 1.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

*1

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Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties

to Decision No 333/2022 incorporating Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council into the Agreement

‘Some of the areas referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 and some of the procedures referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 fall outside the scope of the EEA Agreement. The incorporation of this Regulation is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.’

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