Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/209]
Date: 2017-05-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, State aid, distribution business, provision of services, rail transport, revision of an agreement, standardised accounting system, transport company, transport infrastructure




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 97/2017
of 5 May 2017
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/209]


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)


Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 (2), with the exception of the provisions that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which continue to apply until 31 December 2017. Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.












(3)


After 31 December 2017, Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 will become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.












(4)


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 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69):






‘39a.



32016 R 2337: Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20).’














(2)


In paragraph II of the SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS the words ‘Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,’ shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.










(3)


The text of points 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69) and 39a (Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 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 6 May 2017, 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, 5 May 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20.

(2)  
            OJ L 156, 28.6.1969, p. 8.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.