DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 318/2021

of 29 October 2021

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/522]

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) Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1004 of 7 June 2019 laying down rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data on waste in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision C(2012) 2384 ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following is added in point 32ff (Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32018 L 0851 : Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 ( OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 109 ).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 9(4), (5), (7) and (8) and Article 37(3) shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

The following is inserted after point 32ffe (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/727/EU):

‘32fff.

32019 D 1004 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1004 of 7 June 2019 laying down rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data on waste in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision C(2012) 2384 ( OJ L 163, 20.6.2019, p. 66 ).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

For the purposes of Article 3 and Annex I, Liechtenstein shall use an equivalent method to determine the weight of the municipal waste recycled.’

Article 2

The texts of Directive (EU) 2018/851 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1004 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 30 October 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

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 October 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 109 .

( 2 ) OJ L 163, 20.6.2019, p. 66 .

( *1 ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/522/oj

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