Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 300/2024 of 6 December 2024 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2025/565]
Date: 2024-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU environmental policy, European Economic Area, access to information, environmental law, environmental monitoring, environmental protection, exchange of information, report, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 300/2024
of 6 December 2024
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2025/565]


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) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of legislation related to the environment, and amending Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005, and Council Directive 86/278/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annexes II and XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex II to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:






1.


The following is added in point 7 (Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XIII:

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).




The provisions of this Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
In Article 43(4) and the third subparagraph of Article 54(2) the following sentence shall be added:


                                 “The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall, as regards the EFTA States, have access to the database.”
                                 ’
                              











2.


The following is added in point 9c (Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XVII:

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).’
                                 










Article 2
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following is added in point 1h (Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).’
                                 














2.


The following indent is added in points 1i (Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 32 (Council Directive 86/278/EEC):






‘—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).’














3.


Point 1j (Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) is amended as follows:






(i)


the following is added:

                                          ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).’;














(ii)


in adaptation (b) the word “, 21(3)” is deleted.














4.


The following is added in point 32g (Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32019 R 1010: Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 (OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115).




The provisions of this Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


In Article 10(2), the following sentence shall be added:

                                             “The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall, as regards the EFTA States, have access to the data repository.”
                                          










(b)


In point 3 of Annex VI, the following sentence shall be added:

                                             “The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall, as regards the EFTA States, have access to the digital information exchange mechanism.”
                                             ’
                                          










Article 3
The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 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 7 December 2024, 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, 6 December 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 170, 25.6.2019, p. 115.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/565/oj
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