# L_2021105EN.01001801.xml

| 25.3.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 105/18 |
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25.3.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 105/18

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 220/2018

of 26 October 2018

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2021/503]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 of 5 June 2018 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 of 5 June 2018 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 repeals Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 repeals Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 13caf (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

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  32018 D 0840: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 of 5 June 2018 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (OJ L 141, 7.6.2018, p. 9).’ |
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  32018 D 0840: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 of 5 June 2018 establishing a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/495 (OJ L 141, 7.6.2018, p. 9).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/840 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 27 October 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, 26 October 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 141, 7.6.2018, p. 9.

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(2)  
  OJ L 78, 24.3.2015, p. 40.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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