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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …
of …
amending Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement
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)
Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/ECf1 is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2)
It is necessary to establish specific transitional modalities pending full implementation of the translation function of the online dispute resolution platform referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 as regards the Icelandic language.
(3)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1051 of 1 July 2015 on the modalities for the exercise of the functions of the online dispute resolution platform, on the modalities of the electronic complaint form and on the modalities of the cooperation between contact points provided for in Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on online dispute resolution for consumer disputesf2 is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(4)
Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/ECf3 is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(5)
Annex XIX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Done at Brussels,
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee