**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 348/2022, adopted on December 9, 2022, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1307 into the EEA Agreement, which establishes a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy, pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC. This new implementing decision replaces and repeals Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1161, which was previously incorporated into the EEA Agreement. The amendment updates point 13cag of Annex XX to reflect the new implementing decision (3 2022 D 1307). The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1307 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision came into force on December 10, 2022, following the completion of 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.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
Annex XX Environment to the EEA Agreement: The specific annex of the EEA Agreement pertaining to environmental regulations that is being amended.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2022/1307: Commission Implementing Decision establishing a watch list of substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy.
Directive 2008/105/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council related to water policy.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2020/1161: Commission Implementing Decision being repealed by Implementing Decision EU 2022/1307.
Brussels: Location where the decision was finalized.
Kristjn Andri STEFNSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 164/98 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 348/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1290]
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) 2022/1307 of 22 July 2022 establishing a watch list of substances for
Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1307 repeals Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1161(2), which is
incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
(3) Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The text of point 13cag (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1161) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement is
replaced by the following:
‘32022 D 1307: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1307 of 22 July 2022 establishing a watch list of
substances for Union-wide monitoring in the field of water policy pursuant to Directive 2008/105/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 197, 26.7.2022, p. 117).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1307 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.
(1) OJ L 197, 26.7.2022, p. 117.
(2) OJ L 257, 6.8.2020, p. 32.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.29.6.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/99
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON