CELEX: 22017D2139
Language: en
Date: 2016-06-03 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 121/2016 of 3 June 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2139]

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                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 308/25
               
            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
      No 121/2016
      of 3 June 2016
      amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2139]
      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)
               
               
                  Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Directive 2014/60/EU repeals, Council Directive 93/7/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  Annexes II and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
               
            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
      Article 1
      Chapter XXVIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The following is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC):
                  
                              ‘2.
                           
                           
                              
                                 32014 L 0060: Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the return of cultural objects unlawfully removed from the territory of a Member State and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24.
                           
                        The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
                  In Article 14, the reference to “on or after 1 January 1993” shall with regard to Iceland and Norway read “on or after 1 January 1995” and with regard to Liechtenstein read “on or after 1 May 1995”.’
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  The text of point 1 (Council Directive 93/7/EEC) is deleted.
               
            Article 2
      The following is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex X to the EEA Agreement:
      ‘, as amended by:
      
                  —
               
               
                  
                     32014 L 0060: Directive 2014/60/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24.’
               
            Article 3
      The text of Directive 2014/60/EU, as corrected by OJ L 147, 12.6.2015, p. 24, 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 4 June 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2015 of 30 April 2015 (3), whichever is the later.
      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, 3 June 2016.
         
            
               For the EEA Joint Committee
            
            
               The President
            
            Claude MAERTEN
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 159, 28.5.2014, p. 1.
      
         (2)  OJ L 74, 27.3.1993, p. 74.
      
         (*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.
      
         (3)  OJ L 211, 4.8.2016, p. 55.