**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 134/2019, adopted on May 8, 2019, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1906, which updates the European List of ship recycling facilities, established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013, into the EEA Agreement. Specifically, it adds the following indent to point 32fhd of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2323 of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement: ‘32018 D 1906: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1906 of 30 November 2018 (OJ L 310, 6.12.2018, p. 2).’ The Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1906 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and are considered authentic. This Decision entered into force on June 1, 2019, following the completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in 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 governing body responsible for managing the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XX Environment to the EEA Agreement: The environmental annex to the EEA Agreement, which is being amended by this decision.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2018/1906: A decision of the European Commission amending Implementing Decision EU 2016/2323 to update the European List of ship recycling facilities.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2016/2323: A decision of the European Commission on ship recycling facilities.
Regulation EU No 1257/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ship recycling.
European Parliament: Legislative branch of the European Union
Brussels: Location where the decision was signed.
27.10.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 279/41
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 134/2019
of 8 May 2019
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2031]
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) 2018/1906 of 30 November 2018amending Implementing Decision (EU)
2016/2323 to update the European List of ship recycling facilities established pursuant to Regulation (EU)
No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(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
The following indent is added in point 32fhd (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2323) of Annex XX to the
EEA Agreement:
‘— 32018 D 1906: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1906 of 30 November 2018(OJ L 310, 6.12.2018,
p. 2).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1906 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 310, 6.12.2018, p. 29.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.