**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 32/2019, adopted on March 29, 2019, amends Annex VI (Social Security) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). This decision incorporates Regulation (EU) 2019/500 of the European Parliament and of the Council of March 25, 2019, into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2019/500 establishes contingency measures for social security coordination following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The authentic text of Regulation (EU) 2019/500 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on March 29, 2019, or the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, whichever is later. The decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Regulation (EU) 2019/500: Regulation (EU) 2019/500 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 establishing contingency measures in the field of social security coordination following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Annex VI to the EEA Agreement: Annex VI to the EEA Agreement, specifically regarding Social Security.
United Kingdom: The United Kingdom, referenced in the context of its withdrawal from the European Union and the subsequent need for contingency measures in social security coordination.
Brussels: The location where the EEA Joint Committee decision was made.
18.7.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/43
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 32/2019
of 29 March 2019
amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1220]
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) 2019/500 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019 establishing
contingency measures in the field of social security coordination following the withdrawal of the United
Kingdom from the Union (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex VI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 1 (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Annex VI to the EEA Agreement:
‘1a. 32019 R 0500: Regulation (EU) 2019/500 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 March 2019
establishing contingency measures in the field of social security coordination following the withdrawal of the
United Kingdom from the Union (OJ L 85I, 27.3.2019, p. 35).’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/500 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 29 March 2019, or on the day following the last notification under Article
103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*), whichever is the later.
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, 29 March 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 85 I, 27.3.2019, p. 35.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.