# L_2017189EN.01004801.xml

| 20.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 189/48 |
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20.7.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 189/48

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 30/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1313]

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 Regulation (EU) No 1311/2014 of 10 December 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards the definition of an INSPIRE metadata element (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1311/2014 of 10 December 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards the definition of an INSPIRE metadata element (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1312/2014 of 10 December 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data services (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1312/2014 of 10 December 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data services (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent shall be added in point 1jc (Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009) with effect from 31 December 2017:






  ‘— | 32014 R 1311: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1311/2014 of 10 December 2014 (OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 6).’ |
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1.

The following indent shall be added in point 1jc (Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009) with effect from 31 December 2017:

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32014 R 1311: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1311/2014 of 10 December 2014 (OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 6).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 1je (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010):






  ‘— | 32014 R 1312: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1312/2014 of 10 December 2014 (OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 8). |
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2.

The following is added in point 1je (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010):

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32014 R 1312: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1312/2014 of 10 December 2014 (OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 8).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

With regard to the EFTA States, the date mentioned in Article 14a shall be understood to include an additional period of three years.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 1311/2014 and (EU) No 1312/2014 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 6 February 2016, 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, 5 February 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 6.

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(2)  
  OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 8.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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