Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 240/2017 of 15 December 2017 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1646]
Date: 2017-12-15
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, harmonisation of standards, innovation, regulation of telecommunications, revision of an agreement, technical standard, telecommunications equipment, transmission network, waveband




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 240/2017
of 15 December 2017
         
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1646]


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 Decision (EU) 2017/1438 of 4 August 2017 amending Decision 2007/131/EC on allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology in a harmonised manner in the Community (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1483 of 8 August 2017 amending Decision 2006/771/EC on harmonisation of the radio spectrum for use by short-range devices and repealing Decision 2006/804/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1483 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2018, Commission Decision 2006/804/EC (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex XI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


The following indent is added in point 5cw (Commission Decision 2007/131/EC):






‘—



32017 D 1438: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1438 of 4 August 2017 (OJ L 205, 8.8.2017, p. 89).’














(2)


The following indent is added in point 5cz (Commission Decision 2006/771/EC):






‘—



32017 D 1483: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1483 of 8 August 2017 (OJ L 214, 18.8.2017, p. 3).’














(3)


The text of point 5cza (Commission Decision 2006/804/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2017/1438 and (EU) 2017/1483 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 16 December 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, 15 December 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 205, 8.8.2017, p. 89.

(2)  
            OJ L 214, 18.8.2017, p. 3.

(3)  
            OJ L 329, 25.11.2006, p. 64.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.