Date: 2023-06-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 323/2022 of 9 December 2022 amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1265]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 323/2022, adopted on December 9, 2022, amends Annex VII of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) concerning the recognition of professional qualifications. The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907 of March 14, 2019, which establishes a Common Training Test for ski instructors under Article 49b of Directive 2005/36/EC. The Decision stipulates that the text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907, as corrected by OJ L 38, 11.2.2020, p. 39, will be published in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic. This Decision entered into force on December 10, 2022, following the completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for decisions related to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex VII to the EEA Agreement: Section of the EEA Agreement related to the recognition of professional qualifications.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/907: A regulation establishing a Common Training Test for ski instructors.
Directive 2005/36/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications.
Directive EU 2018/958: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council mentioned in Annex VII to the EEA Agreement.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Kristjn Andri STEFNSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 164/58 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 323/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1265]
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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907 of 14 March 2019establishing a Common Training Test for ski
instructors under Article 49b of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
recognition of the professional qualifications(1), as corrected by OJ L 38, 11.2.2020, p. 39, is to be incorporated
into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex VII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 1c (Directive (EU) 2018/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of
Annex VII to the EEA Agreement:
‘1d. 32019 R 0907: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907 of 14 March 2019 establishing a Common
Training Test for ski instructors under Article 49b of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the recognition of the professional qualifications (OJ L 145, 4.6.2019, p. 7), as corrected by OJ L 38,
11.2.2020, p. 39.’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/907, as corrected by OJ L 38, 11.2.2020, p. 39, 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*.
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 145, 4.6.2019, p. 7.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.