# L_2023172EN.01003101.xml

| 6.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 172/31 |
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6.7.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 172/31

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 111/2020

of 14 July 2020

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1371]

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) | Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014 (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 is added in point 32j (Council Directive 2009/13/EC):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32018 L 0131: Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 (OJ L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 28).’ |
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1.

The following is added in point 32j (Council Directive 2009/13/EC):

‘, as amended by:

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32018 L 0131: Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 (OJ L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 28).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 32n (Directive 2013/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘32o. | 32018 L 0131: Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014 (OJ L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 28).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 32n (Directive 2013/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘32o.

32018 L 0131: Council Directive (EU) 2018/131 of 23 January 2018 implementing the Agreement concluded by the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) to amend Directive 2009/13/EC in accordance with the amendments of 2014 to the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, as approved by the International Labour Conference on 11 June 2014 (OJ L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 28).’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2018/131 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 15 July 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, 14 July 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 22, 26.1.2018, p. 28.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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