Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017 amending Annex XVII (Intellectual Property) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1074]
Date: 2017-09-22
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, copyright, holding company, literary and artistic property, music, revision of an agreement, trade licence




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 186/2017
of 22 September 2017
         
amending Annex XVII (Intellectual Property) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1074]


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 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XVII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is inserted after point 10 (Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XVII to the EEA Agreement:






‘11.



32014 L 0026: Directive 2014/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online use in the internal market (OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 72).
The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:






(a)


In Article 32 of the Directive, the term “Articles 101 and 102 TFEU” shall read “Articles 53 and 54 of the EEA Agreement”.










(b)


The EFTA States shall be entitled to participate fully in the work of the expert group established by Article 41 of the Directive and shall within it have the same rights and obligations as EU Member States, except for the right to vote.










(c)


In Article 5(8), as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 October 2016” shall read “six months after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.










(d)


In Article 31, as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 April 2017” shall read “one year after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.










(e)


In Article 36(3), as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 April 2016” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.










(f)


In Article 38(3), as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 October 2017” shall read “18 months after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.










(g)


In Article 39, as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 April 2016” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.










(h)


In Article 43, as regards the EFTA States, the words “10 April 2016” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 186/2017 of 22 September 2017”.’










Article 2
The text of Directive 2014/26/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 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 23 September 2017, 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, 22 September 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 84, 20.3.2014, p. 72.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.