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Official Journal of the European Union

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 123/2019

of 8 May 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2021]

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) 2018/1847 of 26 November 2018 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic 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 indent is added in point 1a (Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XVI of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32018 R 1847: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1847 of 26 November 2018 (OJ L 300, 27.11.2018, p. 1).’

Article 2 The text of Regulation (EU) 2018/1847 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 1 June 2019, 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, 8 May 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 300, 27.11.2018, p. 1.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
(1)

Regulation (EU) 2021/337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 as regards the EU Recovery prospectus and targeted adjustments for financial intermediaries and Directive 2004/109/EC as regards the use of the single electronic reporting format for annual financial reports, to support the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis (1), which was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 384/2021 of 10 December 2021 (2), is also to be added as an amending act to Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in Annex IX to the EEA Agreement.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 135/2019

of 8 May 2019

amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2032]

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) 2017/1987 of 31 October 2017 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 15 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1988 of 3 November 2017 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 4 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1989 of 6 November 2017 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 Accounting Standard 12 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indents are added in point 10ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008) of Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32017 R 1987: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1987 of 31 October 2017 (OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 63), — 32017 R 1988: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1988 of 3 November 2017 (OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 72), — 32017 R 1989: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1989 of 6 November 2017 (OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 84).’

Article 2 The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/1987, (EU) 2017/1988 and (EU) 2017/1989 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 1 June 2019, 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, 8 May 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 63.

(2) OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 72.

(3) OJ L 291, 9.11.2017, p. 84.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/998 of 12 July 2018 amending Annex I to Decision 2009/177/EC as regards the status of Croatia for koi herpes virus (KHV) disease, of Finland for infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN), the list of areas in Ireland free of Bonamia ostreae, the list of areas in the United Kingdom free of Marteilia refringens and amending Annex I to Decision 2010/221/EU as regards the list of areas in the United Kingdom free of Ostreid herpesvirus 1 μvar (OsHV-1 μVar) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Official Journal of the European Union

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 154/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2146]

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) 2018/1251 of 18 September 2018 not approving empenthrin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 18 (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 12zzzzzv (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1985) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘12zzzzzw. 32018 D 1251: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1251 of 18 September 2018 not approving empenthrin as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 18 (OJ L 235, 19.9.2018, p. 24).’

Article 2 The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1251 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 15 June 2019, 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, 14 June 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 235, 19.9.2018, p. 24.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
Official Journal of the European Union

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 201/2019

of 10 July 2019

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2022/2223]

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 continue the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions funded from the general budget of the Union regarding the preparatory action on Defence research.

(2) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place from 1 January 2019,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 In paragraph 13(a) of Article 1 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, the words “and 2018” are replaced by the words “, 2018 and 2019”.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*). It shall apply from 1 January 2019.

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, 10 July 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gunnar PÁLSSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 182/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2022/2174]

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 include Regulation (EU) 2019/499 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 laying down provisions for the continuation of ongoing learning mobility activities under the Erasmus+ programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (1).

(2) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indent shall be added in paragraph 2n of Article 4 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement: ‘- 32019 R 0499: Regulation (EU) 2019/499 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 laying down provisions for the continuation of ongoing learning mobility activities under the Erasmus+ programme established by Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013, in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (OJ L 85I, 27.3.2019, p. 32).’

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on 15 June 2019, or on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*), whichever is the later.

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, 14 June 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 85I, 27.3.2019, p. 32.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
1.

The following points are inserted after point 31ebo (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 946/2012): ‘31ebp. 32015 R 0001: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the periodic reporting on fees charged by credit rating agencies for the purpose of ongoing supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 1). 31ebq. 32015 R 0002: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards for the presentation of the information that credit rating agencies make available to the European Securities and Markets Authority (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 24). 31ebr. 32015 R 0003: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/3 of 30 September 2014 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on disclosure requirements for structured finance instruments (OJ L 2, 6.1.2015, p. 57).’
DECISION No 2/2022 OF THE EPA COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE STEPPING STONE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN GHANA, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES, OF THE OTHER PART

of 30 November 2022

as regards the adoption of the Rules of Procedure for dispute settlement [2022/2582]

THE EPA COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1) (‘the Agreement’), signed in Brussels on 28 July 2016, and in particular Article 59 thereof,

Whereas:

Article 59(1) of the Agreement provides that dispute settlement procedures are to be governed by the Rules of Procedure, which are to be adopted by the EPA Committee within three months after its establishment, and Article 64(2) of the Agreement mentions that the Code of Conduct is annexed to those Rules of Procedure,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The Rules of Procedure for dispute settlement, as set out in the Annex to this Decision, are hereby adopted.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

(1) OJ L 287, 21.10.2016, p. 3.
DECISION No 2/2022 OF THE JOINT COUNCIL ESTABLISHED UNDER THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE SADC EPA STATES, OF THE OTHER PART

of 26 July 2022

on the request from Angola pursuant to Article 119(1) of the EPA [2022/1499]

THE JOINT COUNCIL,

Having regard to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), and in particular Articles 100, 101 and 119 thereof and to Article 8(4) of Decision 1/2019 of the Joint Council (Rules of Procedure of the Joint Council),

Recalling that Article 119(3) of the Agreement provides that the Parties agree that in the case of a request from Angola to the Joint Council to accede to the Agreement, negotiations concerning the terms of accession should be conducted on the basis of the Agreement, taking into account the specific situation of Angola,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The Joint Council agrees to the request from Angola to start negotiations concerning the terms of its potential accession to the EU-SADC EPA pursuant to Article 119(1) of the EPA.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 245/2019

of 27 September 2019

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/50]

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) 2019/7 of 30 October 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 as regards the auctioning of 50 million unallocated allowances from the market stability reserve for the innovation fund and to list an auction platform to be appointed by Germany (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indent is added in point 21ala (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32019 R 0007: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 of 30 October 2018 (OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 1).’

Article 2 The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 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 28 September 2019, 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, 27 September 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gunnar PÁLSSON

(1) OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
‘11b.

32017 R 0625: Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 137, 24.5.2017, p. 40. The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) The provisions of the Regulation shall not apply to the field of plant health in the EFTA States. (b) Article 27(3) shall apply with the following adaptations: i. The EFTA States shall simultaneously with the EU Member States take measures corresponding to those taken by the latter on the basis of the relevant implementing acts adopted pursuant to this provision. ii. In the case of any difficulty relating to the application of the implementing act the EFTA State concerned shall immediately report the matter to the EEA Joint Committee. iii. The application of this provision is without prejudice to the possibility of an EFTA State taking unilateral protective measures pending the adoption of the acts mentioned in paragraph i. iv. The EEA Joint Committee may take note of the implementing acts. (c) In Articles 44(5) and 76(1), the words “, or in accordance with Icelandic and Norwegian customs procedures” shall be added after the words “that Regulation”. (d) In Article 64(1), the words “, or in accordance with Icelandic and Norwegian customs procedures,” shall be inserted after the words “Regulation (EU) No 952/2013”. (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to this Agreement, in Article 108(1) and (2) the words “, and the EFTA Surveillance Authority when it concerns an EFTA State,” shall be added after the words “the Commission”. (f) Article 124 shall not apply to the EFTA States. (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to this Agreement, in Article 141(1) the words “, or the EFTA Surveillance Authority with regard to the EFTA States,” shall be added after the words “the Commission”. (h) In Annex I the following shall be added: “29. The territory of Iceland. 30. The territory of the Kingdom of Norway with the exception of Svalbard.” This act applies to Iceland for the areas referred to in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part.’
(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards updating the references to and including certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
JOINT ASSEMBLY OF THE CONVENTION CONCLUED BETWEEN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (ACP-EC)

RESOLUTION () on the situation in Niger

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Luxembourg from 23 to 26 September 1996,

A. whereas the presidential elections held on 7 and 8 July 1996 were characterized by irregularities: the dissolution of the National Electoral Commission during the election, the placing of candidates under house arrest, interference by administrative authorities and the police in the count and the forwarding of the results,

B. whereas, after General Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara came to power in a coup d'état in January 1996, he promised to hold a democratic presidential election,

C. whereas Niger started the democratic process in 1991 by holding a national conference, at the end of which political pluralism was recognized as a democratic right,

D. whereas legislative elections are being organized for 4 November 1996,

E. whereas eight opposition political parties, united in the Front for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy, have made their participation in the legislative elections dependent on restoration of the former independent National Electoral Commission,

1. Considers that the voting in the presidential election was not consistent with the principles of free, fair and democratic elections;

2. Condemns the dissolution, during the election, of the independent National Electoral Commission by the Niger authorities and calls for its immediate restoration;

3. Calls for the legislative elections planned for 4 November 1996 to be organized and supervised by the independent Electoral Commission, as demanded by the eight opposition political parties;

4. Calls on the Commission and the Council to do everything possible to reestablish democracy in Niger before resuming development cooperation under the Lomé Convention;

5. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission and the government of Niger.
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Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Partnership Agreement concluded 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 - Minutes



Official Journal 231 , 26/09/2003 P. 0001 - 0019
11.

Underlines that transport sector reforms in EaP countries should ensure greater approximation to EU transport standards; considers that negotiations on air services agreements between the EU and the EaP countries should be concluded with those countries that have started them, and, in this regard, hopes for the early start of similar negotiations with the rest of the EaP countries; believes that maritime safety and security should be improved through policy reform, that flags should be improved in accordance with the Paris Memorandum on Port State Control, and that the partner countries should be able to demonstrate improved track records in road safety and that they are taking concrete steps to improve rail interoperability with the EU; considers that transport links with the EU should be improved through better planning of networks and work on priority infrastructure projects that help to connect the partner countries with the trans-European transport network; encourages the partner countries to rehabilitate existing roads and construct new ones;
13.

Welcomes the launch next year by the Commission of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Facility for Small and Medium Enterprises which will provide around EUR 200 million in grants from the EU budget over the next 10 years; notes that the facility is expected to unlock new investments worth at least EUR 2 billion for SMEs in the three Eastern Partnership countries which have a DCFTA with the EU; stresses that insufficient access to finance is one of the main challenges facing SMEs; calls on the EU to ensure that funds are swiftly received by the SMEs, and to make sure that EU support is clearly visible for its beneficiaries and that SMEs are well aware of this initiative; calls on the Commission to consider grant opportunities on regional cooperation within the facility;
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