Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 267/2024 of 6 December 2024 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/546]
Date: 2024-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, approval, motor vehicle, revision of an agreement, road safety, safety device, safety standard, speed control, technical standard, traffic signs




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2025/546


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 267/2024
of 6 December 2024
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/546]


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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1958 of 23 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their intelligent speed assistance systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1675 of 26 June 2023 correcting certain language versions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1958 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their intelligent speed assistance systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent is added in point 52 (Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32021 R 1958: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1958 of 23 June 2021 (OJ L 409, 17.11.2021, p. 1).’














2.


The following is inserted after point 52e (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1426):






‘52f.



32021 R 1958: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1958 of 23 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their intelligent speed assistance systems and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation (OJ L 409, 17.11.2021, p. 1), as amended by:






—



32023 R 1675: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1675 of 26 June 2023 (OJ L 216, 1.9.2023, p. 9).




The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the EEA Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
The following shall be added to Part 5 of Annex II:






“30.




ICELAND














SIGN




OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION




EXPECTED SYSTEM FEEDBACK IN KM/H





 



M1




M2




M3




N1




N2




N3






Explicit numerical speed limit signs












B26.15 Local speed limit
Explicit


15


15


15


15


15


15











B26.30 Local speed limit
Explicit


30


30


30


30


30


30











B26.40 Local speed limit
Explicit


40


40


40


40


40


40











B26.50 Local speed limit
Explicit


50


50


50


50


50


50











B26.60 Local speed limit
Explicit


60


60


60


60


60


60











B26.70 Local speed limit
Explicit


70


70


70


70


70


70











B26.80 Local speed limit
Explicit


80


80


80


80


80


80











B26.90 Local speed limit
Explicit


90


90


90


90


90


90











362.60 (362.xx) Variable local speed limit (xx = 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90)
Explicit


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90


30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90





Implicit numerical speed limit signs












B27.30 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B27.40 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B27.50 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B27.60 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B27.70 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B27.80 End of local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











363.60 (363.xx) End of variable local speed limit (xx = 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80)
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N





Implicit non-numerical speed limit signs












B34.11
End of prohibitions


N


N


N


N


N


N





Numerical Zones












B28.30 Zone with local speed limit
Explicit


30


30


30


30


30


30











B29.30 End of a zone with local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B28.40 Zone with local speed limit
Explicit


40


40


40


40


40


40











B29.40 End of a zone with local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











B28.50 Zone with local speed limit
Explicit


50


50


50


50


50


50











B29.50 End of a zone with local speed limit
Explicit


N


N


N


N


N


N





Traffic-reduced area












D14.11
Residential area (living and play area) zone
Implicit


15


15


15


15


15


15











D14.21
End of a residential area (living and play area) zone
Implicit


N


N


N


N


N


N











548
Pedestrian street zone
Implicit


10


10


10


10


10


10











550
End of Pedestrian street zone
Implicit


N


N


N


N


N


N





City limits












D12.11
Built-up area Implicit

Note: This is an implicit speed limit sign indicating the applicability of the national speed limit valid for the urban road class


50


50


50


50


50


50











D12.21
End of a built-up area

Note: This is an implicit speed limit sign indicating the applicability of the national speed limit valid for the non-urban road class. Paved roads 90 km/h, gravel roads 80 km/h.


90/80


90/80


90/80


90/80


90/80


90/80





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Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/1958 and (EU) 2023/1675 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 7 December 2024, 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, 6 December 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 409, 17.11.2021, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 216, 1.9.2023, p. 9.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/546/oj
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