# L_2023173EN.01003301.xml

| 6.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 173/33 |
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6.7.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 173/33

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 134/2020

of 25 September 2020

amending Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1393]

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) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU setting out criteria for establishing and evaluating European Reference Networks and their Members and for facilitating the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU setting out criteria for establishing and evaluating European Reference Networks and their Members and for facilitating the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following is added in point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32019 D 1269: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 (OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 35).’ |
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1.

The following is added in point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):

‘, as amended by:

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32019 D 1269: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 (OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 35).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):






  ‘2e. | 32020 D 0534: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks (OJ L 119, 17.4.2020, p. 18).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):

‘2e.

32020 D 0534: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks (OJ L 119, 17.4.2020, p. 18).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2019/1269 and (EU) 2020/534 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 26 September 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, 25 September 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 35.

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(2)  
  OJ L 119, 17.4.2020, p. 18.

2

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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