CELEX: 22019D0209
Language: en
Date: 2017-05-05 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 97/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/209]

7.2.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 36/57
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 97/2017
         of 5 May 2017
         amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/209]
         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)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 repeals Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 (2), with the exception of the provisions that apply to the normalisation of accounts for Class IV cases covered by Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which continue to apply until 31 December 2017. Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     After 31 December 2017, Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 will become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.
                  
               
                     (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)
                     
                     
                        The following point is inserted after point 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69):
                        
                                    ‘39a.
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32016 R 2337: Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 repealing Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69 of the Council on common rules for the normalisation of the accounts of railway undertakings (OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20).’
                                 
                              
                  
                        (2)
                     
                     
                        In paragraph II of the SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS the words ‘Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69,’ shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.
                     
                  
                        (3)
                     
                     
                        The text of points 39 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1192/69) and 39a (Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/2337 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 6 May 2017, 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, 5 May 2017.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Claude MAERTEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 354, 23.12.2016, p. 20.
         
            (2)  OJ L 156, 28.6.1969, p. 8.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.