EN Official Journal of the European Union L 189/43

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 27/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1310]

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) For practical reasons, the points under the headings ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’, ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ and ‘II. SAFEGUARDING OF SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION RIGHTS’ in Annex VI to the EEA Agreement shall be renumbered.

(2) Decision No S7 of 22 December 2009 (1) was replaced by Decision No S10 (2), which are both incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the reference to Decision No S7 should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

(3) Annex VI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex VI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The points under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE DUE ACCOUNT’ shall be amended as follows: (i) Points 3.1 (Decision No A1), 3.2 (Decision No A2) and 3.3 (Decision No A3) are renumbered as points 3.A1, 3.A2 and 3.A3. (ii) Points 4.1 (Decision No E1), 4.2 (Decision No E2) and 4.3 (Decision No E4) are renumbered as points 3.E1, 3.E2 and 3.E4. (iii) Point 5.1 (Decision No F1) is renumbered as point 3.F1. (iv) Points 6.1 (Decision No H1), 6.2 (Decision No H2), 6.3 (Decision No H3), 6.4 (Decision No H4), 6.5 (Decision No H5) and 6.6 (Decision No H6) are renumbered as points 3.H1, 3.H2, 3.H3, 3.H4, 3.H5 and 3.H6. (v) Point 7.1 (Decision No P1) is renumbered as point 3.P1. (vi) Point 7.2 (Decision No R1) is renumbered as point 3.R1. (vii) Points 8.1 (Decision No S1), 8.2 (Decision No S2), 8.3 (Decision No S3), 8.5 (Decision No S5), 8.6 (Decision No S6), 8.8 (Decision No S8) and 8.9 (Decision No S10) are renumbered as points 3.S1, 3.S2, 3.S3, 3.S5, 3.S6, 3.S8 and 3.S10. (viii) The text of point 8.7 (Decision No S7) is deleted. (ix) Point 8.4 (Decision No S9) is renumbered as point 3.S9. (x) Points 9.1 (Decision No U1), 9.2 (Decision No U2), 9.3 (Decision No U3) and 9.4 (Decision No U4) are renumbered as points 3.U1, 3.U2, 3.U3 and 3.U4.

2. The points under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ shall be amended as follows: (i) Point 10.1 (Recommendation No P1) is renumbered as point 4.P1. (ii) Points 11.1 (Recommendation No U1) and 11.2 (Recommendation No U2) are renumbered as points 4.U1 and 4.U2. (iii) Point 11.3 (Recommendation No S1) is renumbered as point 4.S1.

3. Under the heading ‘II. SAFEGUARDING OF SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION RIGHTS’, points 12 (Council Directive 98/49/EC) and 13 (Directive 2014/50/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) are renumbered as points 5 and 6.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 February 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

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, 5 February 2016. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ C 107, 27.4.2010, p. 8.

(2) OJ C 152, 20.5.2014, p. 16.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.