# L_2019036EN.01005701.xml

| 7.2.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 36/57 |
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7.2.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 36/57

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 97/2017

of 5 May 2017

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/209]

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) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 (2), with the exception of the provisions that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which continue to apply until 31 December 2017. Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 (2), with the exception of the provisions that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which continue to apply until 31 December 2017. Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.

| (3) | After 31 December 2017, Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 will become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018. |
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(3)

After 31 December 2017, Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 will become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.

| (4) | Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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 point is inserted after point 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69):






  ‘39a. | 32016 R 2337: Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20).’ |
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(1)

The following point is inserted after point 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69):

‘39a.

| (2) | In paragraph II of the SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS the words ‘Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,’ shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018. |
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(2)

In paragraph II of the SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS the words ‘Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,’ shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.

| (3) | The text of points 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69) and 39a (Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018. |
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(3)

The text of points 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69) and 39a (Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 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 6 May 2017, 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, 5 May 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20.

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(2)  
  OJ L 156, 28.6.1969, p. 8.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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