# L_2022182EN.01007801.xml

| 7.7.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 182/78 |
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7.7.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 182/78

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 86/2022

of 18 March 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1154]

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 Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2000 of 28 November 2019 laying down a format for reporting of data on food waste and for submission of the quality check report in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2000 of 28 November 2019 laying down a format for reporting of data on food waste and for submission of the quality check report in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 318/2021 of 29 October 2021, Article 9(5) and (8) of Directive 2008/98/EC does not apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(3)

By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 318/2021 of 29 October 2021, Article 9(5) and (8) of Directive 2008/98/EC does not apply to Liechtenstein.

| (4) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following points are inserted after point 32fff (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1004) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘32ffg. | 32019 D 1597: Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77). |
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‘32ffg.

32019 D 1597: Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).

| 32ffh. | 32019 D 2000: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2000 of 28 November 2019 laying down a format for reporting of data on food waste and for submission of the quality check report in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 310, 2.12.2019, p. 39).’ |
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32ffh.

32019 D 2000: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2000 of 28 November 2019 laying down a format for reporting of data on food waste and for submission of the quality check report in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 310, 2.12.2019, p. 39).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2000 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 19 March 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 318/2021 of 29 October 2021 (3), whichever is the later.

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, 18 March 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77.

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(2)  
  OJ L 310, 2.12.2019, p. 39.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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(3)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

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