(1)

The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area (1), signed on 25 July 2007, amended Article 129(1) of the EEA Agreement to add Bulgarian and Romanian to the list of languages of the EEA Agreement.

(2)

The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the European Economic Area entered into force on 9 November 2011.

(3)

In the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee, which were adopted by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/94 of 8 February 1994 (2) and amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 24/2005 of 8 February 2005 (3), Bulgarian and Romanian should be added to the list of languages. Consequently, the list of languages to the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

The text of Article 6(2) is replaced by the following:

‘The texts of the EC acts to be integrated into Annexes to the Agreement in accordance with Article 102(1) are equally authentic in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages as published in the Official Journal of the European Union. They shall be drawn up in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages and shall be authenticated by the EEA Joint Committee together with the relevant decisions referred to in paragraph 1.’;

(2)

The text of Article 11(1) is replaced by the following:

‘Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee amending Annexes or Protocols to the Agreement shall be published in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages in the EEA Section of the Official Journal of the European Union and in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement thereto.’.

(1)

The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area (1) (‘the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement’) signed on 11 April 2014, shall amend Article 129(1) of the EEA Agreement to add Croatian to the list of languages of the EEA Agreement.

(2)

In the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee, which were adopted by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 1/94 of 8 February 1994 (2), amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 24/2005 of 8 February 2005 (3), and further amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No […] of […] (4), Croatian should be added to the list of languages. Consequently, the list of languages to the rules of procedure of the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3)

The 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement has been provisionally applicable to its signatories since 12 April 2014, and this Decision shall therefore apply provisionally pending the entry into force of the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement,

(1)

The text of Article 6(2) is replaced by the following:

‘The texts of the EC acts to be integrated into Annexes to the Agreement in accordance with Article 102(1) are equally authentic in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages as published in the Official Journal of the European Union. They shall be drawn up in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages and shall be authenticated by the EEA Joint Committee together with the relevant decisions referred to in paragraph 1.’;

(2)

The text of Article 11(1) is replaced by the following:

‘Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee amending Annexes or Protocols to the Agreement shall be published in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages in the EEA Section of the Official Journal of the European Union and in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement thereto.’.