Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 230/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2032]
Date: 2020-12-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU emission allowance, European Economic Area, auction sale, clean technology, emission trading, environmental protection, greenhouse gas, investment, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement




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28.9.2023   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 240/103








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 230/2020
of 11 December 2020
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2032]


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)


Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to enhance cost-effective emission reductions and low-carbon investments, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 (1) was incorporated into the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 112/2020 of 14 July 2020.












(2)


The figures for Iceland pursuant to Articles 9 and 9a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/410, need to be amended.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Point 21al (Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


In adaptation (i), the line concerning Iceland is replaced by the following:

                              ‘Iceland: 1 774 646 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.’
                           










2.


In adaptation (u):






(i)


in PART A, the table concerning Iceland under the heading “1. EFTA States’ figures pursuant to Article 9” is replaced by the following table:

                                          ‘
                                       






Year


Amount of allowances




2013


22 685 




2014


22 268 




2015


21 852 




2016


21 435 




2017


21 019 




2018


20 602 




2019


20 186 




2020


19 769 





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(ii)


in PART A, the table concerning Iceland under the heading “3. EFTA States’ figures pursuant to Article 9a(2)” is replaced by the following table:

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Year


Amount of allowances




2013


1 682 010 




2014


1 651 131 




2015


1 620 252 




2016


1 589 373 




2017


1 558 494 




2018


1 527 616 




2019


1 496 737 




2020


1 465 858 





                                          ’
                                       










(iii)


in PART B, the column concerning Iceland is replaced by the following column:

                                          ‘
                                       







CAP 2021-2030




Iceland





2021


1 432 642 




2022


1 393 440 




2023


1 354 238 




2024


1 315 037 




2025


1 275 835 




2026


1 236 633 




2027


1 197 432 




2028


1 158 230 




2029


1 119 029 




2030


1 079 827 





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Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2020, 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 112/2020 of 14 July 2020 (2), whichever is the later.


Article 3
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 December 2020.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 76, 19.3.2018, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2)  
            OJ L 172, 6.7.2023, p. 33.