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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 226/2019

of 27 September 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/31]

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) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (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 12zze (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32019 R 0521: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/521 of 27 March 2019 (OJ L 86, 28.3.2019, p. 1).’

Article 2 The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/521 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 86, 28.3.2019, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 214/2019

of 27 September 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/19]

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) 2019/839 of 7 March 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems (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 2a (Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32019 R 0839: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/839 of 7 March 2019 (OJ L 138, 24.5.2019, p. 70).’

Article 2 The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/839 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 138, 24.5.2019, p. 70.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 230/2019

of 27 September 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/35]

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) 2019/680 of 30 April 2019 amending Annex VI 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) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/681 of 30 April 2019 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 The following indents are 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: ‘— 32019 R 0680: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/680 of 30 April 2019 (OJ L 115, 2.5.2019, p. 3), — 32019 R 0681: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/681 of 30 April 2019 (OJ L 115, 2.5.2019, p. 5).’

Article 2 The texts of Regulations (EU) 2019/680 and (EU) 2019/681 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 115, 2.5.2019, p. 3.

(2) OJ L 115, 2.5.2019, p. 5.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 255/2019

of 25 October 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/78]

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) 2018/1854 of 27 November 2018 on recognition of the ‘Better Biomass’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 6az (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/142) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement: ‘6aza. 32018 D 1854: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1854 of 27 November 2018 on recognition of the ‘Better Biomass’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 302, 28.11.2018, p. 73).’

Article 2 The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1854 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 26 October 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, 25 October 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gunnar PÁLSSON

(1) OJ L 302, 28.11.2018, p. 73.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 263/2019

of 25 October 2019

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/86]

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) 2019/1094 of 17 June 2019 authorising Member States to adopt certain derogations pursuant to Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods (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 indent is added in point 13c (Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement: ‘— 32019 D 1094: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1094 of 17 June 2019 (OJ L 173, 27.6.2019, p. 52).’

Article 2 The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1094 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 26 October 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, 25 October 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gunnar PÁLSSON

(1) OJ L 173, 27.6.2019, p. 52.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.
JOINT ASSEMBLY OF THE CONVENTION CONCLUED BETWEEN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (ACP-EC)

RESOLUTION () on the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Luxembourg from 23 to 27 September 1996,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on the situation in East Timor,

A. having regard to the illegal occupation of East Timor by Indonesia,

B. whereas the Indonesian military repression of the people of East Timor is still going on and has been stepped up in the last few days, particularly in the case of young people,

C. profoundly concerned by incidents that occurred in Baucau from 9 to 11 June 1996, sparked off by the desecration of a Catholic religious image, which led to protests by several hundred young Timorese and repression by Indonesian security forces; and by the outcome of these events, with at least two dead, a number of wounded and dozens of arrests of young demonstrators,

D. whereas the Indonesian Government is continuing to ignore every comment made by the international community calling for human rights to be respected and the right of the people of East Timor to self-determination to be upheld,

E. having regard to the representations made by the Portuguese prime minister to the Indonesian President at the Euro-Asian Summit in Bangkok, and the action taken thereon,

F. deploring the fact that a 25-year old East Timorese, Imanuel Suares, was shot dead by police in Jakarta on 7 June 1996,

G. whereas hundreds of political prisoners are still being held on the island and in Indonesia,

1. Condemns once again the Indonesian military repression of the people of East Timor and expresses its solidarity with the victims and their families;

2. Deplores the provocative action against freedom of worship;

3. Reaffirms its solidarity with the people of East Timor in its campaign for self-determination and its condemnation of the illegal occupation of East Timor;

4. Calls for the immediate release of all political prisoners, including Mr Xanana Gusmao;

5. Reaffirms its support for the action taken under the aegis of the United Nations to resolve the situation, in respect of human rights and the right to self-determination;

6. Wishes the Indonesian Government to act on the Portuguese Government's initiative;

7. Repeats its call on all Member States of the European Union to stop all military assistance and any arms sales to Indonesia;

8. Calls on the Commission to report on the situation in East Timor and do everything to assist that end;

9. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission, the Indonesian Government, the UN Secretary-General and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
JOINT ASSEMBLY OF THE CONVENTION CONCLUED BETWEEN THE AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (ACP-EC)

RESOLUTION () on anti-personnel mines

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Luxembourg from 23 to 26 September 1996,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on anti-personnel mines,

- having regard to the Council joint action of 12 May 1995 on anti-personnel mines,

A. whereas the presence of large numbers of mines in a number of ACP countries is a daily threat hanging over the local populations,

B. whereas mine clearance constitutes a major challenge for the sustainable development of those countries,

C. deploring the fact that the conference on revision of the United Nations Convention on certain conventional weapons, particularly Protocol II on anti-personnel mines, scarcely permitted an agreement to be reached on the adoption of measures for further reducing the production and use of land mines,

D. whereas the Ottawa Conference to be held from 3 to 5 September 1997 provides a fresh opportunity to explore the ways and means of reaching an agreement on a total ban on antipersonnel mines and on stepping up international action to clear mines,

1. Calls on the European Union to take vigorous action to clear mines and to train local populations in mine clearance in the ACP countries affected by this scourge;

2. Considers that Union research programmes in the field of mine clearance should be focussed on mechanical techniques permitting mines in the regions affected to be cleared more rapidly and more safely and, consequently, allowing those regions to be rehabilitated faster and the local populations to return to a normal life;

3. Calls on the Member States of the Union and the ACP States participating in the Ottawa Conference to combine their efforts in order to achieve significant progress towards a comprehensive ban on anti-personnel mines;

4. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Joint Assembly of the Convention concluded between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) - Resolutions adopted on the abolition of the death penalty (ACP-EU/2145/97/fin.)

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Brussels from 17 to 20 March 1997,

- having regard to its previous resolutions on the abolition of the death penalty and in particular the resolution adopted on 26 September 1996, calling for the abolition of the death penalty in all the signatory States of the Lomé Convention,

- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 17 May 1995, affirming that an article on prohibition of the death penalty should be incorporated in the Treaty on European Union, and that of 20 February 1997 calling on all the Member States to support a resolution on a worldwide moratorium on exceptions at the 1997 session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,

- having regard to the last report of the United Nations on the death penalty (E/CN.15/1996/19) that confirms the abolitionist trend among its member states,

A. whereas recourse to the death penalty has been proliferating throughout the world during the last few years,

B. welcoming the complete abolition of the death penalty in Italy, Spain, Belgium, Moldova and Macedonia in 1995 and 1996,

C. welcoming the fact that, during the last two years, important international organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, the Latin American parliament and the ACP-EU Joint Assembly have approved resolutions for a worldwide moratorium on executions as a first step towards the abolition of the death penalty,

D. noting with satisfaction that Italy has proposed to the Intergovernmental Conference introducing a new provision banning the death penalty when the Maastricht Treaty is revised,

1. Reaffirms its absolute opposition to the death penalty;

2. Calls on all the signatory states of the ACP-EU Convention which have not yet abolished capital punishment to do so as a matter of urgency;

3. Calls on all the Member States of the European Union and the ACP to promote the adoption of a resolution on a universal moratorium on executions at the 1997 UN General Assembly, as a first step towards abolishing the death penalty for all crimes by the year 2000;

4. Believes that in all negotiations on Partnership and Cooperation Agreements, as well as in the negotiations for the next Lomé Convention, the abolition of the death penalty must be a priority;

5. Asks the Commission to pay special attention to the death penalty in its annual reports on human rights clauses in EU agreements with third countries and in its reports on the implementation of the Lomé Convention;

6. Repeats its call to the Intergovernmental Conference to incorporate prohibition of capital punishment in the new EU Treaty;

7. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, to the Commission, to the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, the President of its Parliamentary Assembly, the Secretary-General of the UN and the President of its General Assembly.
RESOLUTION(1)

on the situation in Somalia

The ACP-EU Joint Assembly,

- meeting in Abuja (Nigeria) from 20 to 23 March 2000,

A. whereas Somalia has been ravaged by civil war for the past decade, during which the population has endured appalling hardship,

B. having regard to the persistence in Somalia of a serious political, socio-economic and humanitarian situation calling for the fullest attention and commitment from the international community,

C. whereas, although no final agreements have yet been reached permitting the country's political and institutional reconstruction, there have been numerous peace talks over recent months,

D. welcoming in particular the recent peace initiative sponsored by President Guelleh of Djibouti, which received the full backing of the seventh Summit of Heads of State and Government of IGAD, meeting in Djibouti on 26 November 1999,

E. whereas this peace initiative comes in the wake of the meeting of the Committee on Somalia of the IGAD Partners Forum held in Rome on 19-20 October 1999,

F. deploring the failure to date to create the conditions for full membership of Lomé IV and access to the resources of the Seventh and Eighth EDFs for Somalia,

1. Fully supports the peace plan put forward by the President of Djibouti and urges the leaders of all the Somali factions to cooperate with the efforts to encourage the search for a lasting solution stemming from a global peace agreement which serves to restore stability and a central government that can represent the country in negotiations and sign international agreements on its behalf;

2. Calls on the international community, the OAU and the European Union to give full political and moral support, together with the financial, material and technical assistance required to ensure the success of the IGAD peace initiative;

3. Fully supports the conclusions of the IGAD Partners Forum meeting in Rome, in particular its approach in favour of the establishment of regional governance structures based on participatory processes with full involvement of civil society, which would provide a foundation for a future national government and preserve the sovereignty and unity of Somalia;

4. Calls on the EU to implement aid and rehabilitation programmes in Somalia, in particular through NGOs and local communities, in order to address a particularly alarming humanitarian situation;

5. Reiterates its calls on the ACP-EU Council to propose a legal instrument to enable Somalia to gain access to the resources of the Seventh and Eighth EDFs, despite the absence of national authorities empowered to ratify the Fourth Lome Convention;

6. Instructs its Co-Presidents to forward this resolution to the ACP-EU Council, the Commission, the governments of IGAD and the OAU.

(1) Adopted by the ACP-EU Joint Assembly on 23 March 2000 in Abuja (Nigeria).
21.

Welcomes, in this regard, the fact that the Association Agreements, including bilateral DCFTAs, between the EU and Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, respectively, commit the EU and the Eastern Partners to enhance people-to-people contacts, including through cooperation and exchanges in the fields of science and technology, business, youth, education and culture; reiterates that collaboration is critical to any effort to restore growth and support entrepreneurship, investment and job creation in the region; urges the Member States and the Eastern Partnership countries to explore the possibilities of creating mixed employment and fellowship programmes for young people in promising economic sectors in the region;
10.

Insists on the need to prevent, combat and prosecute the financing of terrorism, in accordance with Directive (EU) 2017/541 and the recommendations made by the European Parliament; considers that enhanced checks and tracking of financial operations, as well as closer cooperation and exchange of law-enforcement information would help to cut off funding for terrorism-related activities and help to identify terrorist networks and support structures; underlines the fact that money laundering, illicit trade, tax evasion and other fiscal crimes are major sources of terrorism funding and that tracking and combating them must be a priority; commends initiatives by the EU and by ACP countries to stem the illicit trade in arms, drugs, cultural goods, etc., the profits of which often go towards financing terrorism;
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having regard to the reports on the use of armed drones of 28 May 2010 and 13 September 2013 by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and of 18 September 2013 by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism,
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