DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 117/2008

of 7 November 2008

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 104/2008 of 26 September 2008 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the implementation of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code within the Community, as regards format of forms (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 56u (Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

—	32008 R 0540: Commission Regulation (EC) No 540/2008 of 16 June 2008 (OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 15).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 540/2008 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 8 November 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committe (*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, 7 November 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1) OJ L 309, 20.11.2008, p. 30.

(2) OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 15.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.