Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2015 of 11 June 2015 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2193]
Date: 2015-06-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, bus, group travel, international road transport, revision of an agreement, road cabotage, transport licence, vehicle documents




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 158/2015
of 11 June 2015
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2193]


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 361/2014 of 9 April 2014 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 as regards documents for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2121/98 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Regulation (EU) No 361/2014 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 2121/98 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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
Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following point is inserted after point 32a (Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘32aa.



32014 R 0361: Commission Regulation (EU) No 361/2014 of 9 April 2014 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 as regards documents for the international carriage of passengers by coach and bus and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 2121/98 (OJ L 107, 10.4.2014, p. 39).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The EFTA States shall recognise the EU documents issued by EU Member States and the EU and the EU Member States shall recognise the documents issued by the EFTA States.










(b)


In Article 7, the words “the Union legislation” shall read “the legislation applicable pursuant to the EEA Agreement”.










(c)


In the documents set out in Annexes II to VI, the words “Member State(s)” shall read “EU Member State(s) or EEA EFTA State(s)”, the words “Union legislation” and “relevant Union legislation” shall read “the EEA Agreement”, the words “the Community legislation” shall read “the legislation applicable pursuant to the EEA Agreement” and the words “Community licence” shall read “licence”.










(d)


The text of point 1(v) in part C of the document set out in Annex II shall read “the value added tax (VAT) or turnover tax on the transport services.”.










(e)


In the documents set out in Annexes II, III, IV, V and VI, the words “Iceland (IS), Liechtenstein (FL) and Norway (N)” shall be added to any list of international distinguishing signs and the words “, as adapted for the purposes of the Agreement on the European Economic Area” shall be added after the words “Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009” and after the words “Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 of 21 October 2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services, and amending Regulation (EC) No 561/2006”.










(f)


In the table of the document set out in Annex VI, the following abbreviations “IS”, “FL” and “N” shall be inserted.’;


















(2)


the text of point 33c (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2121/98) and of Appendix 6 is deleted.






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 361/2014 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 12 June 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 88/2014 of 16 May 2014 (3), 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, 11 June 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 107, 10.4.2014, p. 39.

(2)  
            OJ L 268, 3.10.1998, p. 10.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(3)  
            OJ L 310, 30.10.2014, p. 40.