CELEX: 22017D1312
Language: en
Date: 2016-02-05 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 29/2016 of 5 February 2016 amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1312]

20.7.2017   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 189/46
               
            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
      No 29/2016
      of 5 February 2016
      amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1312]
      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) 2015/2340 of 15 December 2015 amending Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2341 of 15 December 2015 amending Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2342 of 15 December 2015 amending Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the application thresholds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (4)
               
               
                  Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
               
            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
      Article 1
      Annex XVI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  The following indent is added in point 2 (Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                  
                              ‘—
                           
                           
                              
                                 32015 R 2342: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2342 of 15 December 2015 (OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 18).’
                           
                        
            
                  2.
               
               
                  The following indent is added in point 4 (Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                  
                              ‘—
                           
                           
                              
                                 32015 R 2341: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2341 of 15 December 2015 (OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 16).’
                           
                        
            
                  3.
               
               
                  The following indent is added in point 5c (Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                  
                              ‘—
                           
                           
                              
                                 32015 R 2340: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/2340 of 15 December 2015 (OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 14).’
                           
                        
            Article 2
      The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/2340, (EU) 2015/2341 and (EU) 2015/2342 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 6 February 2016, 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, 5 February 2016.
         
            
               For the EEA Joint Committee
            
            
               The President
            
            Claude MAERTEN
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 14.
      
         (2)  OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 16.
      
         (3)  OJ L 330, 16.12.2015, p. 18.
      
         (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.