# L_2011171EN.01004101.xml

| 30.6.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 171/41 |
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30.6.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 171/41

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 40/2011

of 1 April 2011

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

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 141/2010 of 10 December 2010 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 141/2010 of 10 December 2010 (1).

| (2) | Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Directive 2010/18/EU repeals with effect from 8 March 2012 Council Directive 96/34/EC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 8 March 2012, |
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(3)

Directive 2010/18/EU repeals with effect from 8 March 2012 Council Directive 96/34/EC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 8 March 2012,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XVIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following point shall be inserted after point 31 (Council Directive 97/81/EC):






  ‘31a. | 32010 L 0018: Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC (OJ L 68, 18.3.2010, p. 13).’; |
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(1)

the following point shall be inserted after point 31 (Council Directive 97/81/EC):

‘31a.

32010 L 0018: Council Directive 2010/18/EU of 8 March 2010 implementing the revised Framework Agreement on parental leave concluded by BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME, CEEP and ETUC and repealing Directive 96/34/EC (OJ L 68, 18.3.2010, p. 13).’;

| (2) | the text of point 32 (Council Directive 96/34/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 8 March 2012. |
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(2)

the text of point 32 (Council Directive 96/34/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 8 March 2012.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2010/18/EU 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 2 April 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 1 April 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 85, 31.3.2011, p. 26.

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(2)  
  OJ L 68, 18.3.2010, p. 13.

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(3)  
  OJ L 145, 19.6.1996, p. 4.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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