Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 27/2014 of 14 February 2014 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2014-02-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Aviation Safety Agency, European Economic Area, air safety, application of EU law, civil aviation, operation of the Institutions, revision of an agreement, standardisation




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17.7.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 211/36








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 27/2014
of 14 February 2014
         
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 Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2013 of 28 June 2013 on working methods of the European Aviation Safety Agency for conducting standardisation inspections and for monitoring the application of the rules of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2013 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 66qa (Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32013 R 0628: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2013 of 28 June 2013 on working methods of the European Aviation Safety Agency for conducting standardisation inspections and for monitoring the application of the rules of Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 736/2006 (OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 46).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


In Articles 8(1) and (4), 9(1), 10(1)(c), 16(6) and (7), 17(4)(e) and (6), 19(3), 22(3)(b) and (4) and 23, the word “Commission” shall be replaced by the words “EFTA Surveillance Authority” as regards the EFTA States.










(b)


In Article 21(1), the words “or an agreement between the EFTA States and the third country” shall be added after the words “Union agreement” and the words “, as adapted for the purposes of the EEA Agreement,” shall be added after the words “Regulation (EC) No 216/2008”.










(c)


In Article 21(2), the words “or a possible future Memorandum of Cooperation between an EFTA State and ICAO” shall be added after the words “between the Union and ICAO”.’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 628/2013 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 15 February 2014, 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, 14 February 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 46.

(2)  
            OJ L 129, 17.5.2006, p. 10.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.