# L_2023106EN.01007001.xml

| 20.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 106/70 |
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20.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/70

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 267/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement (2023/796)

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) 2021/392 of 4 March 2021 on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1014/2010, (EU) No 293/2012, (EU) 2017/1152 and (EU) 2017/1153 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 of 4 March 2021 on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1014/2010, (EU) No 293/2012, (EU) 2017/1152 and (EU) 2017/1153 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010 (2) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012 (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010 (2) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012 (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2025, Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1152 (4) and (EU) 2017/1153 (5), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2025. |
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(3)

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2025, Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1152 (4) and (EU) 2017/1153 (5), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2025.

| (4) | By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 168/2020 of 23 October 2020 (6), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 does not apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(4)

By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 168/2020 of 23 October 2020 (6), Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 does not apply to Liechtenstein.

| (5) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following is inserted after point 21azkd (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/941):






  ‘21azl. | 32021 R 0392: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 of 4 March 2021 on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1014/2010, (EU) No 293/2012, (EU) 2017/1152 and (EU) 2017/1153 (OJ L 77, 5.3.2021, p. 8).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






  (a) | In Article 4(1), the words “and the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards manufacturers and pools of manufacturers established in the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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1.

The following is inserted after point 21azkd (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/941):

‘21azl.

32021 R 0392: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 of 4 March 2021 on the monitoring and reporting of data relating to CO2 emissions from passenger cars and light commercial vehicles pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1014/2010, (EU) No 293/2012, (EU) 2017/1152 and (EU) 2017/1153 (OJ L 77, 5.3.2021, p. 8).

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

(a)

In Article 4(1), the words “and the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards manufacturers and pools of manufacturers established in the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (b) | In the first paragraph of Article 5 the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards manufacturers established in the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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(b)

In the first paragraph of Article 5 the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority as regards manufacturers established in the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (c) | In Article 6(3) and (5), the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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(c)

In Article 6(3) and (5), the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (d) | In Article 6(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”. |
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(d)

In Article 6(4), the words “, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.

| (e) | In Articles 9(3) and 12, as regards the EFTA States, the word “2022” shall read “2023”. |
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(e)

In Articles 9(3) and 12, as regards the EFTA States, the word “2022” shall read “2023”.

| (f) | In Articles 9(3) and 12, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.’ |
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(f)

In Articles 9(3) and 12, the words “or the EFTA Surveillance Authority, as the case may be,” shall be inserted after the word “Commission”.’

| 2. | The texts of points 21aec (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010) and 21aya (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012) are deleted. |
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2.

The texts of points 21aec (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1014/2010) and 21aya (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 293/2012) are deleted.

| 3. | The texts of points 21aey (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152) and 21aez (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2025. |
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3.

The texts of points 21aey (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1152) and 21aez (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1153) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2025.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/392 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 24 September 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 23 September 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 77, 5.3.2021, p. 8.

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(2)  
  OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 15.

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(3)  
  OJ L 98, 4.4.2012, p. 1.

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(4)  
  OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 644.

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(5)  
  OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 679.

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(6)  Not yet published in the Official Journal.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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