DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 350/2022

of 9 December 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1292]

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 Regulation (EU) 2021/1840 of 20 October 2021 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/520 of 31 March 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply  ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents are added in point 32cb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

‘-

32021 R 1840 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1840 of 20 October 2021 ( OJ L 373, 21.10.2021, p. 1 ),

- 32022 R 0520 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/520 of 31 March 2022 ( OJ L 104, 1.4.2022, p. 63 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2021/1840 and (EU) 2022/520 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 10 December 2022, 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, 9 December 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

( 1 )    OJ L 373, 21.10.2021, p. 1 .

( 2 )    OJ L 104, 1.4.2022, p. 63 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.