Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 88/2025 of 14 March 2025 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2025/977]
Date: 2025-03-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, rail network, rail safety, revision of an agreement, systems interconnection, technical specification, technical standard, trans-European network, vehicle on rails




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 88/2025
of 14 March 2025
         
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2025/977]


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) 2023/1694 of 10 August 2023 amending Regulations (EU) No 321/2013, (EU) No 1299/2014, (EU) No 1300/2014, (EU) No 1301/2014, (EU) No 1302/2014, (EU) No 1304/2014 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/777 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August 2023 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/919 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1696 of 10 August 2023 amending Implementing Decision 2011/665/EU as regards the specification for the European register of authorised types of vehicles referred to in Article 48 of Directive (EU) 2016/797 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






1.


Point 37ai (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1304/2014) is amended as follows:






(i)


the following indent is added:






‘—



32023 R 1694: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694 of 10 August 2023 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 88).’;














(ii)


adaptation (b) is deleted; adaptations (c) and (d) are renumbered as adaptations (b) and (c).














2.


The following indent is added in point 37dk (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/665/EU):






‘—



32023 D 1696: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1696 of 10 August 2023 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 561).’.














3.


Point 37do (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1302/2014) is amended as follows:






(i)


the following indent is added:






‘—



32023 R 1694: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694 of 10 August 2023 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 88).’;














(ii)


adaptation (a) is deleted;










(iii)


adaptations (b) to (e) are renumbered as adaptations (a) to (d);










(iv)


in adaptations (b) and (c) the classification “(‘T’)” as regards the Specific case Norway shall be replaced by the classification “(‘T2’)”;










(v)


the text of adaptation (a) is replaced by the following:

                                          ‘
                                          Specific case Norway (‘T0’)

This specific case is applicable for units operated on lines with non-upgraded catenary system. Lines with TSI compliant catenary system are indicated in the network statement.
The pantograph head geometry shall be according to EN 50367:2020+A1:2022, Annex B.3 figure B.5 (1 800 mm).’.














4.


The following indent is added in points 37dn (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1301/2014), 37ma (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1300/2014), 37n (Commission Regulation (EU) No 321/2013) and 37o (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1299/2014):






‘—



32023 R 1694: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694 of 10 August 2023 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 88).’.














5.


The following point is inserted after point 37ib (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/6):






‘37ic.



32023 R 1695: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1695 of 10 August 2023 on the technical specification for interoperability relating to the control-command and signalling subsystems of the rail system in the European Union and repealing Regulation (EU) 2016/919 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 380)’.














6.


The following is added in point 37pe (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/777):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32023 R 1694: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1694 of 10 August 2023 (OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 88).’.










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2023/1694 and (EU) 2023/1695 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1696 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 15 March 2025, 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, 14 March 2025.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 88.

(2)  
            OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 380.

(3)  
            OJ L 222, 8.9.2023, p. 561.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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