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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 53/2009 of 24 April 2009 amending Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2009-04-24
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EFTA countries, European Economic Area, agreement (EU), protocol to an agreement, statistical method, statistical nomenclature, statistics




L_2009162EN.01003501.xml










25.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 162/35








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 53/2009
of 24 April 2009
         
amending Annex XXI (Statistics) 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 XXI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 38/2009 of 17 March 2009 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 concerning short-term statistics and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1503/2006 and (EC) No 657/2007 as regards adaptations following the revision of statistical classifications NACE and CPA (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Annex XXI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98):






‘—



32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’














2.


The following shall be added in point 2c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1503/2006):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32008 R 1178: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 of 28 November 2008 (OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16).’,










Article 2
The text of Regulation (EC) No 1178/2008 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 25 April 2009, 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, 24 April 2009.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 130, 28.5.2009, p. 33.

(2)  
            OJ L 319, 29.11.2008, p. 16.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 48/2009 of 24 April 2009 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2009-04-24
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EFTA countries, European Economic Area, agreement (EU), high-speed transport, protocol to an agreement, rail network, rail transport, trans-European network, transport policy




L_2009162EN.01002901.xml










25.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 162/29








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 48/2009
of 24 April 2009
         
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 35/2009 of 17 March 2009 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2008/232/EC of 21 February 2008 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock’ sub-system of the trans-European high-speed rail system (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Annex XIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following shall be added in point 37af (Commission Decision 2002/735/EC):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32008 D 0232: Commission Decision 2008/232/EC of 21 February 2008 (OJ L 84, 26.3.2008, p. 132).’,














2.


The following point shall be inserted after point 37ag (Commission Decision 2008/284/EC):






‘37ah.



32008 D 0232: Commission Decision 2008/232/EC of 21 February 2008 concerning a technical specification for interoperability relating to the ‘rolling stock’ sub-system of the trans-European high-speed rail system (OJ L 84, 26.3.2008, p. 132).’










Article 2
The text of Decision 2008/232/EC 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 25 April 2009, 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, 24 April 2009.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 130, 28.5.2009, p. 29.

(2)  
            OJ L 84, 26.3.2008, p. 132.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 52/2009 of 24 April 2009 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2009-04-24
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EFTA countries, European Economic Area, agreement (EU), disclosure of information, environmental impact, environmental protection, protocol to an agreement, waste management




L_2009162EN.01003401.xml










25.6.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 162/34








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 52/2009
of 24 April 2009
         
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 30/2009 of 17 March 2009 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2008 of 15 July 2008 on completing Annex IC of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following indent shall be added in point 32c (Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the Agreement:






‘—



32008 R 0669: Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2008 of 15 July 2008 (OJ L 188, 16.7.2008, p. 7).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EC) No 669/2008 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 25 April 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 73/2008 of 6 June 2008, whichever is the later.


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, 24 April 2009.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 130, 28.5.2009, p. 23.

(2)  
            OJ L 188, 16.7.2008, p. 7.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.
Opinion of the European Central Bank of 24 April 2009 on the supervision of payment institutions by Lietuvos bankas (CON/2009/40)
Date: 2009-04-24
Institutions: European Central Bank
Subjects: Lithuania, banking supervision, central bank, financial institution, payment system

EN 

OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK 

of 24 April 2009  

on the supervision of payment institutions by Lietuvos bankas 

(CON/2009/40) 

Introduction and legal basis 

On 3 April 2009 the European Central Bank (ECB) received a request from the Lithuanian Ministry of 

Finance for an opinion on a draft law amending the Law on Lietuvos bankas as regards the supervision of 

payment institutions (hereinafter the ‘draft law’). 

The  ECB’s  competence  to  deliver  an  opinion  is  based  on  Article  105(4)  of  the  Treaty  establishing  the 

European  Community  and  the  third  and  fifth  indents  of  Article  2(1)  of  Council  Decision  98/415/EC of 

29 June 1998  on  the  consultation  of  the  European  Central  Bank  by  national  authorities  regarding  draft 
legislative provisions1, as the draft law relates to Lietuvos bankas and to payment and settlement systems. 

In accordance with the first sentence of Article 17.5 of the Rules of Procedure of the European Central 

Bank, the Governing Council has adopted this opinion. 

1.  

Purpose of the draft law 

The main purpose of the draft law is to amend the Law on Lietuvos bankas in order to entrust it with new 

tasks concerning the authorisation and supervision of payment institutions. The draft law, in this respect, 

complements  the  transposition  into  Lithuanian  legislation  of  Directive  2007/64/EC  of  the  European 

Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on payment services in the internal market amending 
Directives 97/7/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 97/5/EC2. 

2. 

General observations  

2.1  The ECB welcomes the draft law which will fulfil regulatory pre-conditions for the introduction of 

the Single European Payments Area (SEPA)3. 

2.2  Under the draft law Lietuvos bankas will be entrusted with new tasks related to the authorisation 

and  supervision  of  payment  institutions.  The  ECB  welcomes  this  widening  of  Lietuvos  bankas’s 

1  
2 
3  

OJ L 189, 3.7.1998, p. 42.  
OJ L 319, 5.12.2007, p. 1. 
See also CON/2009/27. 

 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
powers  which  has  to  be  supported  by  providing  Lietuvos  bankas  with  sufficient  human  and 

financial  resources,  both  in  terms  of  quantity  and  quality,  to  carry  out  its  new  tasks  based  on 

national law without affecting its capacity to carry out its tasks related with the European System of 
Central Banks4. 

2.3  The ECB understands that the technical implementing details of the provisions of the draft law on 

the supervision of payment institutions will be separately established by Lietuvos bankas. 

This opinion will be published on the ECB’s website. 

Done at Frankfurt am Main, 24 April 2009. 

[signed] 

The Vice-President of the ECB 

Lucas D. PAPADEMOS 

4  

See also CON/2009/27. 

2
Case C-146/09: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 24 April 2009 — Prof. Dr. Claus Scholl v Stadtwerke Aachen AG
Date: 2009-04-24
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: Germany, commercial contract, consumer protection, electricity supply, energy distribution, gas supply, interpretation of the law, provision of services








C_2009153EN.01002603.xml










4.7.2009   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 153/26





Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 24 April 2009 — Prof. Dr. Claus Scholl v Stadtwerke Aachen AG
(Case C-146/09)
2009/C 153/49
Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundesgerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicant: Prof. Dr. Claus Scholl

Defendant: Stadtwerke Aachen AG

Question referred

Is the third example in the third indent of Article 6(3) of Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts (1) to be interpreted as meaning that there is no right of withdrawal in respect of distance contracts for the mains supply of electricity and gas?


(1)  OJ 1997 L 144, p. 19.