# L_2023011EN.01003201.xml

| 12.1.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 11/32 |
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12.1.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 11/32

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 265/2019

of 25 October 2019

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/88]

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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 of 20 February 2019 on technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems and repealing Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 of 20 February 2019 on technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems and repealing Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 repeals, with effect from 13 June 2020, Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 13 June 2020. |
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(2)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 repeals, with effect from 13 June 2020, Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 13 June 2020.

| (3) | Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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 49ae (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2013):

| ‘49af. | 32019 R 0838: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 of 20 February 2019 on technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems and repealing Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (OJ L 138, 24.5.2019, p. 31).’ |
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‘49af.

32019 R 0838: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 of 20 February 2019 on technical specifications for vessel tracking and tracing systems and repealing Regulation (EC) No 415/2007 (OJ L 138, 24.5.2019, p. 31).’

2.   The text of point 49ab (Commission Regulation (EC) No 415/2007) shall be deleted with effect from 13 June 2020.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/838 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 26 October 2019, 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, 25 October 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 138, 24.5.2019, p. 31.

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(2)  
  OJ L 105, 23.4.2007, p. 35.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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