Date: 2023-01-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 233/2019 of 27 September 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/38]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 233/2019, adopted on 27 September 2019, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 of 6 August 2019 into the EEA Agreement. This regulation concerns design, construction, performance requirements, and testing standards for marine equipment. Consequently, the decision repeals the previously incorporated Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773, which is superseded by Regulation 2019/1397. The amended text of point 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773 of Chapter XXXII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by '32019 R 1397: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 of 6 August 2019 on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773 OJ L 237, 13.9.2019, p. 1.'. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on 28 September 2019, contingent upon completion of notifications 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 (OJ L 455, 5.1.2023).
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
EEA Joint Committee: The joint committee responsible for the management of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
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 related to technical regulations, standards, testing, and certification.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2019/1397: Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2019/1397 of 6 August 2019 on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation EU 2018/773
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/773: Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/773 which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and repealed by Regulation EU 2019/1397
Brussels: The location where the decision was made, Brussels, Belgium
Iceland: One of the countries where the text of Implementing Regulation EU 2019/1397, is to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
Norway: One of the countries where the text of Implementing Regulation EU 2019/1397, is to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
5.1.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/55
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 233/2019
of 27 September 2019
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/38]
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 Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 of 6 August 2019on design, construction and performance
requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773(1)
is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 repeals Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773, which is
incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
(3) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The text of point 3 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773) of Chapter XXXII of Annex II to the EEA
Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘32019 R 1397: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 of 6 August 2019 on design, construction and
performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU)
2018/773 (OJ L 237, 13.9.2019, p. 1.).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 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 28 September 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.
(1) OJ L 237, 13.9.2019, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.L 4/56 EN Official Journal of the European Union 5.1.2023
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Gunnar PÁLSSON