Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 20/2013 of 1 February 2013 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, rail transport, revision of an agreement, transport safety




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 20/2013
of 1 February 2013
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) 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 Decision 2012/226/EU of 23 April 2012 on the second set of common safety targets as regards the rail system (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Decision 2012/226/EU repeals Commission Decision 2010/409/EU (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 42ed (Commission Decision 2010/409/EU) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32012 D 0226: Commission Decision 2012/226/EU of 23 April 2012 on the second set of common safety targets as regards the rail system (OJ L 115, 27.4.2012, p. 27).
The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The tables set out in the Annex to the Decision shall be supplemented as follows:
The following shall be added to the table in point 1.1:







Country


NRV 1.1 (× 10–9) (*)


NRV 1.2 (× 10–9) (**)




Norway (NO)


2,84 


0,033 




The following shall be added to the table in point 1.2:






Country


NRV 2 (× 10–9) (*)




Norway (NO)


2,82 




The following shall be added to the table in point 1.3:







Country


NRV 3.1 (× 10–9) (*)


NRV 3.2 (**)




Norway (NO)


21,7 


n.a.




The following shall be added to the table in point 1.4:






Country


NRV 4 (× 10–9) (*)




Norway (NO)


14,20 




The following shall be added to the table in point 1.5:






Country


NRV 5 (× 10–9) (*)




Norway (NO)


91,8 




The following shall be added to the table in point 1.6:






Country


NRV 6 (× 10–9) (*)




Norway (NO)


50,9 














(b)


The measures laid down in this Decision shall not apply to the existing rail infrastructure in the territory of Liechtenstein.’






Article 2
The texts of Decision 2012/226/EU 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 2 February 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 1 February 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 115, 27.4.2012, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 189, 22.7.2010, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.