Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2018 of 23 March 2018 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2020/85]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2018 of 23 March 2018 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2020/85]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Decision (EU) 2017/2285 of 6 December 2017 Amending the user’s guide setting out the steps needed to participate in EMAS, under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 1eaj (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1508) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
32017 D 2285: Commission Decision (EU) 2017/2285 of 6 December 2017 Amending the user’s guide setting out the steps needed to participate in EMAS, under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (OJ L 328, 12.12.2017, p. 38).’
Article 2
The text of Decision (EU) 2017/2285 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 24 March 2018, 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.