(1)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (1), as corrected by OJ L 179I, 9.6.2020, p. 4, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/784 of 8 April 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (2), as corrected by OJ L 220, 9.7.2020, p. 11, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1203 of 9 June 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the entry for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1204 of 9 June 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the listing of dicofol (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/277 of 16 December 2020 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants as regards pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(6)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 repeals Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(7)

Council Regulations (EC) No 1195/2006 (7) and (EC) No 172/2007 (8) and Commission Regulations (EC) No 323/2007 (9), (EC) No 304/2009 (10), (EU) No 756/2010 (11), (EU) No 757/2010 (12), (EU) No 519/2012 (13), (EU) No 1342/2014 (14), (EU) 2015/2030 (15), (EU) 2016/293 (16), (EU) 2016/460 (17) and (EU) 2019/636 (18), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement, have become obsolete and are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(8)

The incorporation of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 into the EEA Agreement is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement as regards third country relations.

(9)

Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

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32020 R 0784: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/784 of 8 April 2020 (OJ L 188I, 15.6.2020, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 220, 9.7.2020, p. 11,

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32020 R 1203: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1203 of 9 June 2020 (OJ L 270, 18.8.2020, p. 1),

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32020 R 1204: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1204 of 9 June 2020 (OJ L 270, 18.8.2020, p. 4),

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32021 R 0277: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/277 of 16 December 2020 (OJ L 62, 23.2.2021, p. 1).

(a)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to the Agreement, and unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement, the terms Member State(s) and competent authorities shall be understood to include, in addition to their meaning in the Regulation, the EFTA States and their competent authorities, respectively.

(b)

The following provisions shall not apply to the EFTA States:

(c)

In the second subparagraph of Article 13(1), as regards the EFTA States, the words “or at the reporting intervals decided by the Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention” shall be inserted after the words “three years”.’