CELEX: 22019D1651
Language: en
Date: 2017-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 245/2017 of 15 December 2017 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1651]

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                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 254/62
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 245/2017
         of 15 December 2017
         amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1651]
         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)
                  
                  
                     Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 of 28 August 2017 amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
            
                        1.
                     
                     
                        The following indent is added in point 1ea (Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                        
                                    ‘—
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1505: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 of 28 August 2017 (OJ L 222, 29.8.2017, p. 1).’
                                 
                              
                  
                        2.
                     
                     
                        The following point is inserted after point 1eah (Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1621):
                        
                                    ‘1eai.
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1505: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 of 28 August 2017 amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (OJ L 222, 29.8.2017, p. 1).’
                                 
                              
                  
         
            Article 2
            The text of Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 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 16 December 2017, 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, 15 December 2017.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Sabine MONAUNI
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 222, 29.8.2017, p. 1.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.