# L_2017161EN.01005801.xml

| 22.6.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 161/58 |
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22.6.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/58

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 272/2015

of 30 October 2015

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1061]

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) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — noise’ amending Decision 2008/232/EC and repealing Decision 2011/229/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — noise’ amending Decision 2008/232/EC and repealing Decision 2011/229/EU (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following indent is added in points 37ah (Commission Decision 2008/232/EC) and 37g (Commission Decision 2011/229/EU):






  ‘— | 32014 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 of 26 November 2014 (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 421).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in points 37ah (Commission Decision 2008/232/EC) and 37g (Commission Decision 2011/229/EU):

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32014 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 of 26 November 2014 (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 421).’

| 2. | The following is inserted after point 37ah (Commission Decision 2008/232/EC):






  ‘37ai. | 32014 R 1304: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 of 26 November 2014 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the subsystem ‘rolling stock — noise’ amending Decision 2008/232/EC and repealing Decision 2011/229/EU (OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 421).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






  (a) | In section 7.3.2.3(a) of the Annex, the words “Norway and” shall be inserted before the word “Sweden”; |
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2.

The following is inserted after point 37ah (Commission Decision 2008/232/EC):

‘37ai.

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

In section 7.3.2.3(a) of the Annex, the words “Norway and” shall be inserted before the word “Sweden”;

| (b) | In section 7.3.2.4(a) of the Annex, the words “Norway and” shall be inserted before the word “Sweden”.’ |
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(b)

In section 7.3.2.4(a) of the Annex, the words “Norway and” shall be inserted before the word “Sweden”.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014 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 1 November 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

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.

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

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(1)  
  OJ L 356, 12.12.2014, p. 421.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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