Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 209/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/626]
Date: 2022-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, coronavirus disease, epidemic, free movement of persons, health certificate, health control, revision of an agreement, technical specification, third country, vaccination




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 209/2022
of 8 July 2022
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/626]


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) 2022/724 of 10 May 2022 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 Seychelles 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) 2022/725 of 10 May 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 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) 2022/726 of 10 May 2022 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 Indonesia 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 10zi (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/534) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:






‘10zj.



32022 D 0724: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/724 of 10 May 2022 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 Seychelles to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 28).










10zk.



32022 D 0725: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/725 of 10 May 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 31).










10zl.



32022 D 0726: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/726 of 10 May 2022 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 Indonesia to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 34).’






Article 2
The following points are inserted after point 11zi (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/534) of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘11zj.



32022 D 0724: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/724 of 10 May 2022 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 Seychelles to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 28).










11zk.



32022 D 0725: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/725 of 10 May 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 31).










11zl.



32022 D 0726: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/726 of 10 May 2022 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 Indonesia to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 34).’






Article 3
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2022/724, (EU) 2022/725 and (EU) 2022/726 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 9 July 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, 8 July 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 28.

(2)  
            OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 31.

(3)  
            OJ L 134, 11.5.2022, p. 34.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.