Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 321/2022 of 9 December 2022 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1263]
Date: 2022-12-09
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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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 321/2022
of 9 December 2022
         
amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1263]


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) 2022/1948 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Federative Republic of Brazil 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) 2022/1949 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by New Zealand in respect of the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau 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)


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 10zt (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1340) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:






‘10zu.



32022 D 1948: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1948 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Federative Republic of Brazil to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 43).










10zv.



32022 D 1949: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1949 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by New Zealand in respect of the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 46).’






Article 2
The following points are inserted after point 11zt (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1340) of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:






‘11zu.



32022 D 1948: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1948 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Federative Republic of Brazil to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 43).










11zv.



32022 D 1949: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1949 of 13 October 2022 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by New Zealand in respect of the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 46).’






Article 3
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2022/1948 and (EU) 2022/1949 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 10 December 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


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, 9 December 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 43.

(2)  
            OJ L 268, 14.10.2022, p. 46.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.