# L_2023085EN.01003501.xml

| 23.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 85/35 |
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23.3.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 85/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 219/2022

of 8 July 2022

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2023/636]

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) 2022/254 of 17 December 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the Republic of Korea under the Personal Information Protection Act (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/254 of 17 December 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the Republic of Korea under the Personal Information Protection Act (1) 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) 2022/254 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) 2022/254 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 5et (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘5eu. | 32022 D 0254: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/254 of 17 December 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the Republic of Korea under the Personal Information Protection Act (OJ L 44, 24.2.2022, p. 1).’ |
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32022 D 0254: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/254 of 17 December 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the Republic of Korea under the Personal Information Protection Act (OJ L 44, 24.2.2022, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/254 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 9 July 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, 8 July 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 44, 24.2.2022, 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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