DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 158/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1602]
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 Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 amending Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the establishment of harmonised risk indicators ( 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
Point 1l (Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1.
The following is added:
‘, as amended by:
— 32019 L 0782 : Commission Directive (EU) 2019/782 of 15 May 2019 ( OJ L 127, 16.5.2019, p. 4 ).’
2.
The word ‘adaptation’ is replaced by the word ‘adaptations’.
3.
The existing adaptation is numbered as adaptation (a).
4.
The following adaptations are added:
‘(b)
As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2(7) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022.
(c) As regards the EFTA States, Section 3(4) of Annex IV shall read as follows:
“The baseline for Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 2016-2018. The first year of calculation is 2016.”
(d) As regards the EFTA States, the first calculation and publication of the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3(6) of Annex IV shall be due by 1 September 2022.
(e) Liechtenstein is exempted from calculating and publishing the Harmonised Risk Indicator 1 according to Section 2 of Annex IV and the Harmonised Risk Indicator 2 according to Section 3 of Annex IV.’
Article 2
The text of Directive (EU) 2019/782 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 30 April 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, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
( 1 ) OJ L 127, 16.5.2019, p. 4 .
( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.
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