Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 58/2018 of 23 March 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/75]
Date: 2018-03-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European arms policy, European defence policy, armed forces, arms industry, export licence, market approval, military equipment, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 58/2018
of 23 March 2018
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/75]


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 Recommendation (EU) 2016/2123 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for armed forces and contracting authorities as referred to in point (a) of Article 5(2) of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2124 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for certified recipients as referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 points are inserted after point 15 (Commission Recommendation 2011/24/EU) under the heading ‘
               ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE
               ’ in Chapter XIX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘16.



32016 H 2123: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2123 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for armed forces and contracting authorities as referred to in point (a) of Article 5(2) of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 101).










17.



32016 H 2124: Commission Recommendation (EU) 2016/2124 of 30 November 2016 on the harmonisation of the scope of and conditions for general transfer licences for certified recipients as referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 105).’






Article 2
The texts of Recommendations (EU) 2016/2123 and (EU) 2016/2124 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 24 March 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, 23 March 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 101.

(2)  
            OJ L 329, 3.12.2016, p. 105.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.