DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 193/2015

of 10 July 2015

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2017/33]

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)	Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Directive 2012/18/EU repeals Council Directive 96/82/EC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3)	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 text of point 23 (deleted) is replaced by the following:

‘ 32012 L 0018: Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1).’;

(2)	the text of point 23a (Council Directive 96/82/EC) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2012/18/EU 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 11 July 2015, 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, 10 July 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13.

(*1) Constitutional requirements indicated.