Date: 2019-07-18Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 110/2019 of 8 May 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1237]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 110/2019, adopted on May 8, 2019, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Regulation (EU) 2019/26 of the European Parliament and of the Council of January 8, 2019, which complements Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union, into the EEA Agreement. Specifically, point 50 is inserted after point 49 in Chapter I of Annex II, referencing Regulation (EU) 2019/26 (OJ L 8I, 10.1.2019, p. 1, as corrected by OJ L 11, 14.1.2019, p. 34). The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Regulation (EU) 2019/26 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on June 1, 2019, contingent upon completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of adoption was Claude Maerten.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex II Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification to the EEA Agreement: A section of the EEA Agreement that is being amended by the decision.
Regulation EU 2019/26: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council complementing Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union.
European Parliament: Legislative branch of the European Union
Council of the European Union: A body of the European Union
United Kingdom: Mentioned in the context of its withdrawal from the European Union and its impact on Union type-approval legislation.
Brussels: Location where the decision was finalized.
L 192/64 EN Official Journal of the European Union 18.7.2019
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 110/2019
of 8 May 2019
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA
Agreement [2019/1237]
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) Regulation (EU) 2019/26 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 January 2019 complementing
Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union (1), as
corrected by OJ L 11, 14.1.2019, p. 34, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 49 (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/79) of Chapter I of Annex
II to the EEA Agreement:
‘50. 32019 R 0026: Regulation (EU) 2019/26 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 January 2019
complementing Union type-approval legislation with regard to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the
Union (OJ L 8I, 10.1.2019, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 11, 14.1.2019, p. 34.’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/26, as corrected by OJ L 11, 14.1.2019, p. 34, 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 1 June 2019, 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, 8 May 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 8I, 10.1.2019, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.