DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 242/2021

of 24 September 2021

amending Annex V (Free movement of workers) and Annex VIII (Right of establishment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/494]

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) 2021/1380 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by Ukraine to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1381 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of North Macedonia to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1382 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Turkey to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Annexes V and VIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following points are inserted after point 10d (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1273) of Annex V to the EEA Agreement:

‘10e.

32021 D 1380 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1380 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by Ukraine to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 35 ).

10f.

32021 D 1381 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1381 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of North Macedonia to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 38 ).

10g.

32021 D 1382 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1382 of 19 August 2021 establishing the equivalence, for the purpose of facilitating the right of free movement within the Union, of COVID-19 certificates issued by the Republic of Turkey to the certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/953 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 41 ).’

Article 2

The following points are inserted after point 11d (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1273) of Annex VIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘11e.

11f.

11g.

Article 3

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2021/1380, (EU) 2021/1381 and (EU) 2021/1382 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 25 September 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

Article 5

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, 24 September 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 35 .

( 2 ) OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 38 .

( 3 ) OJ L 297, 20.8.2021, p. 41 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/494/oj

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