Council Decision 2014/454/EU

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 175(1) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area^note, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:

(1)The Agreement on the European Economic Area^note (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.

(2)Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement.

(3)Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^note is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4)Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5)The position of the Union within EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Council Decision 2014/454/EU

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