Council Decision (EU) 2016/1966 of 20 September 2016 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement (Alternative Dispute Settlement System)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

‘2 For the purposes of this Article, ‘habitual residence’ shall be determined in accordance with the following: (a) The habitual residence of companies and other bodies, corporate or unincorporated, shall be the place of central administration; The habitual residence of a natural person acting in the course of his business activity shall be his principal place of business; (b) Where the contract is concluded in the course of the operations of a branch, agency or any other establishment, or if, under the contract, performance is the responsibility of such a branch, agency or establishment, the place where the branch, agency or any other establishment is located shall be treated as the place of habitual residence; (c) For the purposes of determining the habitual residence, the relevant point in time shall be the time of the conclusion of the contract.’.

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1051 and Directive 2013/11/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made .

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.