Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 288/2022 of 28 October 2022 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/884]
Date: 2022-10-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, clean technology, energy efficiency, environmental protection, greenhouse gas, motor vehicle, motor vehicle pollution, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement, road transport




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 288/2022
of 28 October 2022
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/884]


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) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 amending Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following is added in point 21av (Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






—



32019 L 1161: Directive (EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 (OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 116).




The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:






(a)


The following shall be added to Table 3 of the Annex:

                                 “
                              







Iceland


38,5  %


38,5  %




Liechtenstein


38,5  %


38,5  %




Norway


38,5  %


38,5  %





                                 ”
                              










(b)


The following shall be added to Table 4 of the Annex:

                                 “
                              









Iceland


10  %


15  %


45  %


65  %




Liechtenstein


10  %


15  %


45  %


65  %




Norway


10  %


15  %


45  %


65  %





                                 ”
                                 ’
                              






Article 2
The text of Directive (EU) 2019/1161 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 29 October 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 49/2022 of 18 March 2022 (2), 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, 28 October 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 188, 12.7.2019, p. 116.

(*)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

(2)  
            OJ L 182, 7.7.2022, p. 19.