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| 6.7.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 173/47 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 143/2020

of 25 September 2020

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1401]

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) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/856 of 26 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the operation of the Innovation Fund [(1)](#ntr1-L_2023173EN.01004701-E0001) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |

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| (2) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 21alj (Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

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| ‘21alk. | 32019 R 0856: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/856 of 26 February 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the operation of the Innovation Fund ([OJ L 140, 28.5.2019, p. 6](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2019:140:TOC)).’ |

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/856 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 26 September 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2023173EN.01004701-E0002), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 112/2020 of 14 July 2020 [(2)](#ntr2-L_2023173EN.01004701-E0003), whichever is the later.

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, 25 September 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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