# L_2023240EN.01009801.xml

| 28.9.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 240/98 |
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28.9.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 240/98

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 226/2020

of 11 December 2020

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2028]

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 Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 16j (Commission Directive 2000/39/EC):






  ‘- | 32019 L 1831: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 (OJ L 279, 31.10.2019, p. 31).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 16j (Commission Directive 2000/39/EC):

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32019 L 1831: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 (OJ L 279, 31.10.2019, p. 31).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 16jh (Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164):






  ‘16ji. | 32019 L 1831: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC (OJ L 279, 31.10.2019, p. 31).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 16jh (Commission Directive (EU) 2017/164):

‘16ji.

32019 L 1831: Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1831 of 24 October 2019 establishing a fifth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC (OJ L 279, 31.10.2019, p. 31).’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2019/1831 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 12 December 2020, 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, 11 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 279, 31.10.2019, p. 31.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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