DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 109/2024

of 26 April 2024

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1934]

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) 2022/1979 of 31 August 2022 on establishing the form and databases for communicating the information referred to in Articles 18(1) and 21(3) of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2014/895/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1979 repeals, with effect from 31 December 2025, Commission Implementing Decision 2014/895/EU (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 31 December 2025.

(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:

The following point is inserted after point 23d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/895/EU):

‘23e.

32022 D 1979: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1979 of 31 August 2022 on establishing the form and databases for communicating the information referred to in Articles 18(1) and 21(3) of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2014/895/EU (OJ L 272, 20.10.2022, p. 14).’

2.	The text of point 23d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/895/EU) shall be deleted with effect from 31 December 2025.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1979 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 27 April 2024, 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, 26 April 2024.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 272, 20.10.2022, p. 14.

(2) OJ L 355, 12.12.2014, p. 51.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.