Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 79/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/76]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, approval, electric vehicle, innovation, light-duty vehicle, motor car, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement, technical standard, vehicle parts




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 79/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/76]


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) 2020/1167 of 6 August 2020 on the approval of the technology used in a 48 Volt efficient motor-generator combined with a 48 Volt/12 Volt DC/DC converter for use in conventional combustion engine and certain hybrid electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles as an innovative technology pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1168 of 6 August 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/587 as regards efficient vehicle exterior lighting using light emitting diodes in passenger cars capable of running on certain alternative fuels (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






1.


The following indent is added in point 21aet (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/587):






‘—



32020 D 1168: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1168 of 6 August 2020 (OJ L 258, 7.8.2020, p. 27).’














2.


The following point is inserted after point 21azc (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1339):






‘21azd.



32020 D 1167: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1167 of 6 August 2020 on the approval of the technology used in a 48 Volt efficient motor-generator combined with a 48 Volt/12 Volt DC/DC converter for use in conventional combustion engine and certain hybrid electric passenger cars and light commercial vehicles as an innovative technology pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 258, 7.8.2020, p. 15).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2020/1167 and (EU) 2020/1168 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 February 2021, 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 168/2020 of 23 October 2020 (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, 5 February 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 258, 7.8.2020, p. 15.

(2)  
            OJ L 258, 7.8.2020, p. 27.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(3)  
            OJ L 227, 14.9.2023, p. 34.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/76/oj
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