CELEX: 22019D1370
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 207/2017 of 27 October 2017 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1370]

22.8.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 219/21
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 207/2017
         of 27 October 2017
         amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1370]
         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 Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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
            The following point is inserted after point 32g (Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
            
               
                           ‘32ga.
                        
                        
                           
                              32015 L 0996: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 168, 1.7.2015, p. 1).’
                        
                     
         
         
            Article 2
            The text of Directive (EU) 2015/996 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 28 October 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, 27 October 2017.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Sabine MONAUNI
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 168, 1.7.2015, p. 1.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.