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| 13.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 267/50 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 197/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex XVII (Intellectual property) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1897]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products [(1)](#ntr1-L_2022267EN.01005001-E0001) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |

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| (2) | By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 92/2017 of 5 May 2017 [(2)](#ntr2-L_2022267EN.01005001-E0002), Liechtenstein shall not deliver any supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council [(3)](#ntr3-L_2022267EN.01005001-E0003). Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2019/933 does not apply to Liechtenstein. |

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| (3) | Annex XVII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 6 (Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XVII to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

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| 1. | The following is added:  ‘, as amended by,   |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | 32019 R 0933: Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 ([OJ L 153, 11.6.2019, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2019:153:TOC)).’ | |

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| 2. | Adaptations (a) to (c) are renumbered as adaptations (b) to (d), respectively. |

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| 3. | The following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):   |  |  | | --- | --- | | ‘(a) | In Article 5(10), as regards the EFTA States, the words “1 July 2019” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 197/2022 of 10 June 2022”.’ | |

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| 4. | The following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (d):   |  |  | | --- | --- | | ‘(e) | As regards the EFTA States, Annex -I shall read as follows:  “ Logo  This logo shall appear in black and in such a size as to be sufficiently visible.  Image 1 ”.’ | |

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/933 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 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 11 June 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*)](#ntr*-L_2022267EN.01005001-E0004).

Article 4

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, 10 June 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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