Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 221/2021 of 9 July 2021 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/275]
Date: 2021-07-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU Member State, European Economic Area, air quality, emission allowance, greenhouse gas, industrial pollution, pollution control measures, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement, tradeable emission permit




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 221/2021
of 9 July 2021
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/275]


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 Regulation (EU) 2021/447 of 12 March 2021 determining revised benchmark values for free allocation of emission allowances for the period from 2021 to 2025 pursuant to Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Decision (EU) 2021/355 of 25 February 2021 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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
The following points are inserted after point 21alm (Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/708) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:






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32021 D 0355: Commission Decision (EU) 2021/355 of 25 February 2021 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 221).










21alo.



32021 R 0447: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 of 12 March 2021 determining revised benchmark values for free allocation of emission allowances for the period from 2021 to 2025 pursuant to Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 87, 15.3.2021, p. 29).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 and Decision (EU) 2021/355 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 10 July 2021, 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, 9 July 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Rolf Einar FIFE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 87, 15.3.2021, p. 29.

(2)  
            OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 221.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/275/oj
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