CELEX: 22010D0053
Language: en
Date: 2010-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 53/2010 of 30 April 2010 amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement

15.7.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 181/21
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
   No 53/2010
   of 30 April 2010
   amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement
   THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Annex XVIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 147/2009 of 4 December 2009 (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Directive 2009/104/EC repeals Council Directive 89/655/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The text of point 10 (Council Directive 89/655/EEC) of Annex XVIII to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
   
      ‘32009 L 0104: Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (OJ L 260, 3.10.2009, p. 5).’.
   
   Article 2
   The text of Directive 2009/104/EC 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 1 May 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (4).
   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, 30 April 2010.
      
         
            For the EEA Joint Committee
         
         
            The President
         
         Alan SEATTER
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 62, 11.3.2010, p. 45.
   
      (2)  OJ L 260, 3.10.2009, p. 5.
   
      (3)  OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 13.
   
      (4)  No constitutional requirements indicated.