Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 187/2021 of 30 June 2021 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/180]
Date: 2021-06-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU national, European Economic Area, border control, coronavirus disease, epidemic, free movement of persons, health certificate, health control, internal border of the EU, revision of an agreement, technical specification, vaccination




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 187/2021
of 30 June 2021
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/180]


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)


Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annexes V and VIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 9f (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1021) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:






‘10.



32021 R 0953: Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (OJ L 211, 15.6.2021, p. 1).’






Article 2
The following point is inserted after point 10 of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘11.



32021 R 0953: Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2021 on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable COVID-19 vaccination, test and recovery certificates (EU Digital COVID Certificate) to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic (OJ L 211, 15.6.2021, p. 1).’






Article 3
The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/953 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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 30 June 2021, or on the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1), whichever is the later.


Article 5
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, 30 June 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 211, 15.6.2021, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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