DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 26/2018

of 9 February 2018

amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2062]

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) 2017/2365 of 18 December 2017 amending Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2364 of 18 December 2017 amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2367 of 18 December 2017 amending Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2366 of 18 December 2017 amending Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following indent is added in point 2 (Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32017 R 2365: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2365 of 18 December 2017 (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 19).’ 2. The following indent is added in point 4 (Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32017 R 2364: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2364 of 18 December 2017 (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 17).’ 3. The following indent is added in point 5c (Directive 2009/81/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32017 R 2367: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2367 of 18 December 2017 (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 22).’ 4. The following indent is added in point 6f (Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32017 R 2366: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2366 of 18 December 2017 (OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 21).’

Article 2 The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2017/2364, (EU) 2017/2365 and (EU) 2017/2366, and of Regulation (EU) 2017/2367 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 10 February 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, 9 February 2018. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 17.

(3) OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 22.

(4) OJ L 337, 19.12.2017, p. 21.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.