DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 173/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1873]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/665 of 17 April 2019 amending Decision 2005/270/EC establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is added in point 7e (Commission Decision 2005/270/EC) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

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32019 D 0665: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/665 of 17 April 2019 (OJ L 112, 26.4.2019, p. 26).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

For the purposes of Article 6c and Annex II, Liechtenstein shall use an equivalent method to determine the weight of the municipal waste recycled.’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/665 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 June 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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 June 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 112, 26.4.2019, p. 26.

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.