CELEX: 22017D0526
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 219/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) to the EEA Agreement [2017/526]

30.3.2017   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 85/41
               
            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
      No 219/2015
      of 25 September 2015
      amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) to the EEA Agreement [2017/526]
      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 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Annex V to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
               
            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
      Article 1
      The following is inserted after point 7 (deleted) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:
      
         
                     ‘8.
                  
                  
                     
                        32014 L 0054: Directive 2014/54/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers in the context of freedom of movement for workers (OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8).
                     The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
                     
                                 (a)
                              
                              
                                 The words “Union citizens” shall be replaced by the words “nationals of EU Member States and EFTA States”.
                              
                           
                                 (b)
                              
                              
                                 The words “Union workers” shall be replaced by the word “workers”.
                              
                           
                                 (c)
                              
                              
                                 In Articles 1 and 3 the words “Article 45 TFEU” shall be replaced by the words “Article 28 of the EEA Agreement”.
                              
                           
                                 (d)
                              
                              
                                 In Article 4, the words “Union rules on free movement of workers” shall be replaced by the words “the rules on free movement of workers according to the EEA Agreement”.
                              
                           
                                 (e)
                              
                              
                                 In Article 6, the words “Union law” shall be replaced by the words “the EEA Agreement”.
                              
                           
                                 (f)
                              
                              
                                 In Article 7, the words “Article 21 TFEU and” shall not apply.’
                              
                           
               
      Article 2
      The texts of Directive 2014/54/EU 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 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).
      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 2015.
         
            
               For the EEA Joint Committee
            
            
               The President
            
            Ingrid SCHULERUD
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 128, 30.4.2014, p. 8.
      
         (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.