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DECISION No 4/2020 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS

of 22 December 2020

giving a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2019 [2021/21]

THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,

Having regard to the Partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 2(6) of Annex III thereto,

Having regard to Decision No 2/2020 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 4 December 2020 to amend Decision No 3/2019 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to adopt transitional measures pursuant to Article 95(4) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (2),

Having regard to Decision No 5/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 on the Statutes of Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (3), and in particular Article 4(2) of the Annex thereto,

Having regard to Decision No 3/2006 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 27 September 2006 on the Financial Regulation of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (4), in particular Article 26(5) thereof,

Having regard to the financial statements of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation for the financial year 2019 that ended on 31 December 2019,

Having regard to the Auditors’ reports on the financial statements for the financial year 2019,

Having taken note of the approval of the financial statements of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation for the financial year 2019 by the Board of the Centre, based on the examination of the audit report,

Whereas:

(1) The revenue of the Centre for the financial year 2019 consisted principally of contributions from the European Development Fund, amounting to EUR 19 622 000 on a total of EUR 21 760 000.

(2) The Director’s overall implementation of the Centre’s budget during the financial year 2019 were such that the Director should be given a discharge in respect of the implementation of that budget,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article The Committee, on the basis of the Auditors’ report and the financial statements for the corresponding financial year, hereby gives a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2019.

Done at Brussels, 22 December 2020. For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors The Chairman Michael CLAUSS

(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 420, 14.12.2020, p. 32.

(3) OJ L 309, 19.11.2013, p. 50.

(4) OJ L 350, 12.12.2006, p. 1.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 170/2018

of 6 July 2018

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2021/231]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Decision (EU) 2017/864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on a European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018) (1).

(2) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2018,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Article 5 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. in paragraph 5, the words ‘, in the programme referred to in the fifteenth indent as from 1 January 2018’ shall be inserted after the words ‘in the programme referred to in the fourteenth indent as from 1 January 2014’; 2. the following indent shall be added in paragraph 8: ‘— 32017 D 0864: Decision (EU) 2017/864 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on a European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018) (OJ L 131, 20.5.2017, p. 1).’.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1). It shall apply from 1 January 2018.

Article 3 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, 6 July 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 131, 20.5.2017, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 147/2018

of 6 July 2018

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/209]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/414 of 9 January 2018 supplementing Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the identification of specific items of marine equipment which can benefit from electronic tagging (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following point is inserted after point 3 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773) of Chapter XXXII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘4. 32018 R 0414: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/414 of 9 January 2018 supplementing Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the identification of specific items of marine equipment which can benefit from electronic tagging (OJ L 75, 19.3.2018, p. 3).’

Article 2 The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/414 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 7 July 2018, 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, 6 July 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 75, 19.3.2018, p. 3.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 186/2018

of 21 September 2018

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/300]

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 Regulation (EU) 2018/676 of 3 May 2018 correcting Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards uniform principles for evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following is added in point 13d (Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘, as amended by: — 32018 R 0676: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/676 of 3 May 2018 (OJ L 114, 4.5.2018, p. 8).’.

Article 2 The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/676 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 22 September 2018, 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, 21 September 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 114, 4.5.2018, p. 8.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
‘12.

32017 R 1128: Regulation (EU) 2017/1128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market (OJ L 168, 30.6.2017, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 42. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) in Article 2(5) of the Regulation, the term “Articles 56 and 57 TFEU” shall read “Articles 36 and 37 of the EEA Agreement”; (b) in Article 9(2) of the Regulation, the words “2 June 2018” shall read “two months and one day after the date of entry into force of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2018 of 6 July 2018”.’
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 206/2018

of 21 September 2018

amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2021/320]

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 Regulation (EU) 2018/498 of 22 March 2018 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standard 9 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indent is added in point 10ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008) of Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32018 R 0498: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/498 of 22 March 2018 (OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 3).’

Article 2 The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/498 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 22 September 2018, 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, 21 September 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 82, 26.3.2018, p. 3.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/543 of 22 March 2017 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on population and housing censuses as regards the technical specifications of the topics and of their breakdowns (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 215/2018

of 26 October 2018

amending Annex X (Services in general) and Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement [2021/498]

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) Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Annexes X and XVIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indent is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex X to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32014 L 0067: Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11).’

Article 2 The following is inserted after point 30a (Commission Decision 2009/17/EC) of Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement: ‘30b. 32014 L 0067: Directive 2014/67/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11). The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: In Article 4(3)(c), as regards the EFTA States, the words “according to Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 (Rome I) and/or the Rome Convention” shall not apply.’

Article 3 The text of Directive 2014/67/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 4 This Decision shall enter into force on 27 October 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5 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, 26 October 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 11.

(*1) Constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 216/2018

of 26 October 2018

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2021/499]

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 Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 amending Annexes II, III and V to Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following is added in point 47b (Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement: ‘, as amended by: — 32018 L 0970: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 of 18 April 2018 (OJ L 174, 10.7.2018, p. 15).’

Article 2 The text of Delegated Directive (EU) 2018/970 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 27 October 2018, 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, 26 October 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 174, 10.7.2018, p. 15.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
2.

The adaptations in point 21ala (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(a) As regards the EFTA States, the first sentence of Article 22(7) shall read as follows: “The EFTA States shall notify the identity of the auctioneer(s) and its (their) contact details to the EFTA Surveillance Authority, which will forward the information to the Commission.”; (b) The following sentence shall be added in Article 24(2): “Subject to the conclusion by the EFTA States and by the Commission on its own account and on behalf of the Member States of an agreement whereby the EFTA States join the Joint Procurement Agreement to Procure an Auction Monitor, the EFTA States shall participate in the joint action pursuant to this Article.”; (c) The following sentence shall be added in Article 26(1): “Subject to the conclusion by the EFTA States and by the Commission on its own account and on behalf of the participating Member States of an agreement whereby the EFTA States join the Joint Procurement Agreement to Procure Common Auction Platforms, the EFTA States shall participate in the joint action pursuant to this Article.”; (d) Articles 30 to 32 shall not apply to the EFTA States; (e) The following subparagraph shall be added in Article 52(3): “The share of the costs of the auction monitor relating to the auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) shall be distributed between the Member States participating in the joint action and the EFTA States in accordance with their shares of the total volume of allowances auctioned on the auction platform concerned.”’
1.

Point 1 (Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows: (i) the following indent is added: ‘- 32014 L 0051: Directive 2014/51/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 1).’; (ii) the following adaptations are added: ‘(k) References to the powers of EIOPA under Articles 18 and 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council in the Directive shall be understood as referring, in the cases provided for in and in accordance with point 31h of this Annex, to the powers of the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards the EFTA States. (l) In Articles 52(3) and 77f(1), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, the Standing Committee of the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the words “the Council”. (m) In Article 65a, the words “or, as the case may be, the EFTA Surveillance Authority” shall be inserted after the word “EIOPA”. (n) In Article 70, references to “central banks of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB)” and “central banks of the ESCB” shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Directive, the national central banks of the EFTA States. (o) In Article 138(4), as regards the EFTA States, the word “EIOPA” shall read “the EFTA Surveillance Authority” and the words “as declared by EIOPA” shall read “as declared by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on the basis of drafts prepared by EIOPA”. (p) Information originating in the EFTA States shall not be exchanged by EIOPA as part of cooperation arrangements concluded with third countries or their authorities pursuant to Articles 172(4)(e) or 260(5)(e) without the express agreement of the authorities which have disclosed it and, where appropriate, solely for the purposes for which those authorities gave their agreement. (q) In Article 308b(15), as regards the EFTA States, the words “23 May 2014” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 247/2018 of 5 December 2018”.’
Official Journal of the European Union

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 255/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex IX (Financial services) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1520]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/301 of 30 November 2015 supplementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for approval and publication of the prospectus and dissemination of advertisements and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Annex IX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following indent is added in point 29ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004): ‘- 32016 R 0301: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/301 of 30 November 2015 (OJ L 58, 4.3.2016, p. 13).’ 2. The following point is inserted after point 29bb (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 382/2014): ‘29bc. 32016 R 0301: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/301 of 30 November 2015 supplementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for approval and publication of the prospectus and dissemination of advertisements and amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 (OJ L 58, 4.3.2016, p. 13).’

Article 2 The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/301 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 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 5 December 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Oda Helen SLETNES The Secretaries To the EEA Joint Committee Hege M. HOFF Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI

(1) OJ L 58, 4.3.2016, p. 13.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION No 2/2021 OF THE EPA COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE STEPPING STONE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CÔTE D’IVOIRE, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES, OF THE OTHER PART

of 20 October 2021

concerning the adoption of the list of arbitrators [2021/2001]

THE EPA COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Abidjan on 26 November 2008 and applied on a provisional basis since 3 September 2016, and in particular Article 64(1) thereof,

Whereas:

The stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d’Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (the ‘Agreement’) provides that the EPA Committee is to establish a list of 15 persons who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators in the settlement of disputes that may arise between the Parties,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 1. The list of 15 persons who are willing and able to serve as arbitrators (the ‘list of arbitrators’) is established in accordance with Article 64(1) of the Agreement and set out in the Annex to this Decision. 2. The list of arbitrators is established without prejudice to any special rules provided for in the Agreement or which may be decided by the EPA Committee.

Article 2 The list of arbitrators may be amended by a decision of the EPA Committee taken in accordance with Article 67 of the Agreement.

Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its signature.
Corrigendum to Decision No 1/2022 of the EU-Switzerland Joint Committee of 6 September 2022 amending Tables III and IV of Protocol 2 to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, as amended [2022/1635]

( Official Journal of the European Union L 245 of 22 September 2022 )

On the cover and on page 66, title, and on page 67, place and date:

for:

‘6 September 2022’

read:
The following is added in point 11bi (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625) in Part 1.1 of Chapter I:

‘, as amended by:

— 32021 R 0573: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/573 of 1 February 2021 (OJ L 120, 8.4.2021, p. 6).

This act applies to Iceland for the areas referred to in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part.’