DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 134/2020

of 25 September 2020

amending Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1393]

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) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU setting out criteria for establishing and evaluating European Reference Networks and their Members and for facilitating the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Annex X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex X to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following is added in point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):

‘, as amended by:

— 32019 D 1269 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 ( OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 35 ).’

The following point is inserted after point 2d (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU):

‘2e.

32020 D 0534 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/534 of 16 April 2020 suspending the examination of applications for membership of existing European Reference Networks ( OJ L 119, 17.4.2020, p. 18 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2019/1269 and (EU) 2020/534 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 26 September 2020, 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, 25 September 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 ) OJ L 200, 29.7.2019, p. 35 .

( 2 ) OJ L 119, 17.4.2020, p. 18 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.