CELEX: 22018D1188
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 252/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1188]

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                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 215/50
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 252/2016
         of 2 December 2016
         amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1188]
         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) 2016/775 of 18 May 2016 on the benchmark to allocate greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3f(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 point is inserted after point 21alh (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1123/2013) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
            
                        ‘21ali.
                     
                     
                        
                           32016 D 0775: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/775 of 18 May 2016 on the benchmark to allocate greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3f(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 128, 19.5.2016, p. 10).’
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/775 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 3 December 2016, 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, 2 December 2016.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 128, 19.5.2016, p. 10.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.