Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 40/2017 of 3 February 2017 amending Annex XIII (Transport) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1774]
Date: 2017-02-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, exchange of information, information system, maritime safety, maritime surveillance, maritime transport, protocol to an agreement, revision of an agreement




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22.11.2018   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 297/51








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 40/2017
of 3 February 2017
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1774]


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 (EU) 2016/566 of 11 April 2016 on establishing the high-level steering group for governance of the digital maritime system and services and repealing Decision 2009/584/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


For the EEA Agreement to function well, Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement is to be amended to include the high-level steering group for governance of the digital maritime system and services set up by Commission Decision (EU) 2016/566, and Annex XIII is to be amended in order to specify the procedures for association with this Group.












(3)


Annex XIII and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 55ab (Commission Decision 2009/584/EC) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be replaced by the following:


                  ‘
                  32016 D 0566: Commission Decision (EU) 2016/566 of 11 April 2016 on establishing the high-level steering group for governance of the digital maritime system and services and repealing Decision 2009/584/EC (OJ L 96, 12.4.2016, p. 46).
Modalities for the association of the EFTA States in accordance with Article 101 of the Agreement:
Each EFTA State may, in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Decision (EU) 2016/566, appoint a person to participate as an observer in the meetings of the high-level steering group for governance of the digital maritime system and services.’
               



Article 2
The text of point 34 (The High Level Steering Group on SafeSeaNet) of Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement shall be replaced by the following:


                  ‘The high-level steering group for governance of the digital maritime system and services (Commission Decision (EU) 2016/566).’
               



Article 3
The text of Decision (EU) 2016/566 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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 4 February 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 5
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, 3 February 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 96, 12.4.2016, p. 46.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.