# L_2017308EN.01002501.xml

| 23.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 308/25 |
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23.11.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/25

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 121/2016

of 3 June 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2139]

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 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Directive 2014/60/EU repeals, Council Directive 93/7/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Directive 2014/60/EU repeals, Council Directive 93/7/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annexes II and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annexes II and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XXVIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC):






  ‘2. | 32014 L 0060: Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24. |
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1.

The following is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC):

‘2.

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

In Article 14, the reference to “on or after 1 January 1993
  ” shall with regard to Iceland and Norway read “on or after 1 January 1995
  ” and with regard to Liechtenstein read “on or after 1 May 1995
  ”.’

| 2. | The text of point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC) is deleted. |
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2.

The text of point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC) is deleted.

Article 2

The following is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex X to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

| — | 32014 L 0060: Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24.’ |
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32014 L 0060: Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24.’

Article 3

The text of Directive 2014/60/EU, as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24, 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 4 June 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2015 of 30 April 2015 (3), whichever is the later.

Article 5

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, 3 June 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1.

1

(2)  
  OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 74.

2

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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(3)  
  OJ L 211, 4.8.2016, p. 55.

3

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