# L_2011262EN.01005601.xml

| 6.10.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 262/56 |
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6.10.2011

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 262/56

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 84/2011

of 1 July 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 41/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 41/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1).

| (2) | Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Directive 2010/41/EU repeals Council Directive 86/613/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement, and which is therefore to be repealed with effect from 5 August 2012, |
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(3)

Directive 2010/41/EU repeals Council Directive 86/613/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement, and which is therefore to be repealed with effect from 5 August 2012,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 21 (Council Directive 86/613/EEC) of Annex XVIII to the Agreement shall be replaced with effect from 5 August 2012 by the following:

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  32010 L 0041: Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and repealing Council Directive 86/613/EEC (OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1).’.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2010/41/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 July 2011, provided that all the notifications pursuant to 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 July 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 171, 30.6.2011, p. 42.

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(2)  
  OJ L 180, 15.7.2010, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 359, 19.12.1986, p. 56.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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