Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2022 of 23 February 2022 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1111]
Date: 2022-02-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: El Salvador, European Economic Area, Singapore, Togo, coronavirus disease, epidemic, free movement of persons, health certificate, health control, revision of an agreement, vaccination




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 43/2022
of 23 February 2022
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1111]


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) 2021/2056 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Togo to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2057 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Singapore to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2113 of 30 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of El Salvador to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 10t (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1996) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:






‘10u.



32021 D 2056: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2056 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Togo to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 126).










10v.



32021 D 2057: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2057 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Singapore to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 129).










10w.



32021 D 2113: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2113 of 30 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of El Salvador to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 429, 1.12.2021, p. 152).’






Article 2
The following points are inserted after point 11t (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1996) of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘11u.



32021 D 2056: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2056 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Togo to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 126).










11v.



32021 D 2057: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2057 of 24 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Singapore to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 129).










11w.



32021 D 2113: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2113 of 30 November 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of El Salvador to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 429, 1.12.2021, p. 152).’






Article 3
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2021/2056, (EU) 2021/2057 and (EU) 2021/2113 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 23 February 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 23 February 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 126.

(2)  
            OJ L 420, 25.11.2021, p. 129.

(3)  
            OJ L 429, 1.12.2021, p. 152.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.