# L_2021067EN.01005201.xml

| 25.2.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 67/52 |
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25.2.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 67/52

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 159/2018

of 6 July 2018

amending Annex XVIII (Health and Safety at Work, Labour Law, and Equal Treatment for Men and Women) to the EEA Agreement [2021/220]

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) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | the following indent is added in points 3a (Commission Directive 91/322/EEC) and 16j (Commission Directive 2000/39/EC):






  ‘— | 32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’; |
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(1)

the following indent is added in points 3a (Commission Directive 91/322/EEC) and 16j (Commission Directive 2000/39/EC):

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32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’;

| (2) | the following is added in point 16jf (Commission Directive 2009/161/EU):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’; |
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(2)

the following is added in point 16jf (Commission Directive 2009/161/EU):

‘, as amended by:

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32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’;

| (3) | the following point is inserted after point 16jg (Council Directive 2010/32/EU):






  ‘16jh. | 32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’. |
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(3)

the following point is inserted after point 16jg (Council Directive 2010/32/EU):

‘16jh.

32017 L 0164: Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission Directives 91/322/EEC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU (OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115).’.

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2017/164 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 7 July 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, 6 July 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

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(1)  
  OJ L 27, 1.2.2017, p. 115.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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