Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 225/2012 of 7 December 2012 amending Annex XV (State aid) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-12-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, State aid, aid to undertakings, application of EU law, control of State aid, revision of an agreement, services of general interest




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 225/2012
of 7 December 2012
         
amending Annex XV (State aid) to the EEA Agreement


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 Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 of 25 April 2012 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid granted to undertakings providing services of general economic interest (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 (2) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement has expired and should consequently be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the text of point 1e (Commission Regulation (EC) No 69/2001) shall be deleted;










(2)


the following shall be inserted after point 1h (Commission Decision 2012/21/EU):






‘1ha.



32012 R 0360: Commission Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 of 25 April 2012 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis aid granted to undertakings providing services of general economic interest (OJ L 114, 26.4.2012, p. 8).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


in Article 1(1), the words “Article 106(2) of the Treaty” shall read “Article 59(2) of the EEA Agreement”;










(b)


the following shall be added in Article 1(2):

                                                         “The Regulation applies only to sectors covered by Articles 61 to 64 of the EEA Agreement.”;










(c)


in Article 2(1), the words “Article 107(1) of the Treaty” shall read “Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement”;










(d)


in Article 2(1), the words “Article 108(3) of the Treaty” shall read “Article 1(3) of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement”.’.














Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 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 8 December 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 7 December 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Atle LEIKVOLL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 114, 26.4.2012, p. 8.

(2)  
            OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.