# L_2022246EN.01011701.xml

| 22.9.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 246/117 |
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22.9.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 246/117

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 153/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1597]

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) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom (1), as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom (1), as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 154/2018 (3). Pursuant to adaptation (e) to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in point 5e of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have applied the measures contained in Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772, as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, at the same time as the EU Member States. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 154/2018 (3). Pursuant to adaptation (e) to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 in point 5e of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have applied the measures contained in Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772, as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, at the same time as the EU Member States.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 5es (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/743) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘5et. | 32021 D 1772: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom (OJ L 360, 11.10.2021, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55.’ |
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‘5et.

32021 D 1772: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom (OJ L 360, 11.10.2021, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55.’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772, as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, 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 360, 11.10.2021, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 183, 19.7.2018, p. 23.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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