DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 177/2021

of 11 June 2021

amending Annex XVIII (Health and safety at work, labour law, and equal treatment for men and women) to the EEA Agreement [2024/169]

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 Directive (EU) 2020/739 of 3 June 2020 amending Annex III to Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of SARS-CoV-2 in the list of biological agents known to infect humans and amending Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1833 ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is added in point 15 (Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XVIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32020 L 0739 : Commission Directive (EU) 2020/739 of 3 June 2020 ( OJ L 175, 4.6.2020, p. 11 ).’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2020/739 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 12 June 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1833 into the EEA Agreement, ( 2 ) 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, 11 June 2021

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 175, 4.6.2020, p. 11 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 ) OJ L 85, 23.3.2023, p. 41 .

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/169/oj

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