Draft decision of the EEA joint committee amending annex XX (Environment) to the EEA agreement - Draft common position of the Community

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant Community legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

2. The EEA Joint Committee should therefore adopt the attached decision to amend Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement by adding recently adopted acquis in this field. The decision concerns:

- 32000 D 1753: Decision No 1753/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 2000 establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 1).

3. Article 1.3(a) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 concerning the arrangements for implementing the EEA Agreement envisages that the Council establishes the Community position for such Decisions on a proposal from the Commission.

4. The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee is submitted for the approval of the Council. The Commission would hope to be able to put forward the position of the Community in the EEA Joint Committee in September 2001.

Draft decision of the EEA joint committee amending annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No ... of ... [1].

[1] OJ L ...

(2) Decision No 1753/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 2000 establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars [2] is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

[2] OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 1.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 21ac (Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the Agreement:

'21ad. 32000 D 1753: Decision No 1753/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 2000 establishing a scheme to monitor the average specific emissions of CO2 from new passenger cars (OJ L 202, 10.8.2000, p. 1).

The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Liechtenstein shall comply with the reporting obligations laid down in the Decision as from 2003.'

Article 2

The texts of Decision No 1753/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on , provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee [3].

[3] [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels,

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee