# L_2007209EN.01004801.xml

| 9.8.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 209/48 |
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9.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 209/48

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 27/2007

of 27 April 2007

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 155/2006 of 8 December 2006 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 155/2006 of 8 December 2006 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (2) was incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 179/2004 (3) of 9 December 2004, with specific adaptations. |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2002 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (2) was incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 179/2004 (3) of 9 December 2004, with specific adaptations.

| (3) | Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 of 16 May 2006 on working methods of the European Aviation Safety Agency for conducting standardisation inspections (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 of 16 May 2006 on working methods of the European Aviation Safety Agency for conducting standardisation inspections (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 66q (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

| ‘66qa. | 32006 R 0736: Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 of 16 May 2006 on working methods of the European Aviation Safety Agency for conducting standardisation inspections (OJ L 129, 17.5.2006, p. 10).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






  (a) | In Article 14 the words “or an agreement between the EFTA States and the third country” shall be added after “Community agreement” and the words “as adapted for the purposes of this Agreement” shall be added after “Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002”. |
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‘66qa.

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

(a)

In Article 14 the words “or an agreement between the EFTA States and the third country” shall be added after “Community agreement” and the words “as adapted for the purposes of this Agreement” shall be added after “Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002”.

| (b) | The following shall be added in the second subparagraph of Article 17:

  “The annual report presenting an analysis of standardisation inspections shall be forwarded to the EFTA Surveillance Authority.”
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(b)

The following shall be added in the second subparagraph of Article 17:

“The annual report presenting an analysis of standardisation inspections shall be forwarded to the EFTA Surveillance Authority.”
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Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 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 28 April 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 27 April 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 89, 29.3.2007, p. 29.

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(2)  
  OJ L 240, 7.9.2002, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 133, 26.5.2005, p. 37.

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(4)  
  OJ L 129, 17.5.2006, p. 10.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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