CELEX: 22018D0451
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 195/2016 of 23 September 2016 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/451]

22.3.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 80/40
               
            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
      No 195/2016
      of 23 September 2016
      amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/451]
      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 Decision (EU) 2016/611 of 15 April 2016 on the reference document on best environmental management practice, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the tourism sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 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
      The following point is inserted after point 1eaf (Commission Decision (EU) 2015/801) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
      
                  ‘1eag.
               
               
                  
                     32016 D 0611: Commission Decision (EU) 2016/611 of 15 April 2016 on the reference document on best environmental management practice, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the tourism sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (OJ L 104, 20.4.2016, p. 27).’
               
            Article 2
      The text of Decision (EU) 2016/611 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 24 September 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, 23 September 2016.
         
            
               For the EEA Joint Committee
            
            
               The President
            
            Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 104, 20.4.2016, p. 27.
      
         (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.