23.9.2021   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 337/55

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 257/2018

of 5 December 2018

amending Annex XIII (Transport) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1521]

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) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on ship recycling and amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16/EC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Annexes XIII and XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 56b (Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘-

32013 R 1257: Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 1).’

Article 2

Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following indent is added in point 32c (Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32013 R 1257: Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 1).’

2.

The following point is inserted after point 32fg (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/632/EU):

‘32fh.

32013 R 1257: Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on ship recycling and amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and Directive 2009/16/EC (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 1).

The provisions of this Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

In Article 3(1)(10), the words “or, where applicable, in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC” shall be inserted after the words “Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council”.

(b)

In Articles 4 and 14, references to “relevant Union law”, “provisions of Union law” or “Union law provisions” shall be understood as referring to relevant provisions of the EEA Agreement.

(c)

In Article 16:

(i)

in point (a) of paragraph 1, the following words shall be added after the words “Article 14(3)”:

“, or which are located in an EFTA State and have been notified by that EFTA State to the EFTA Surveillance Authority in accordance with Article 14(3)”;

(ii)

in paragraph 2, the words “located in a Member State” shall be replaced by the words “located in the European Economic Area”;

(iii)

in paragraph 6, the following subparagraph shall be added:

“For the purposes of this Article, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information it receives from an EFTA State pursuant to the first subparagraph or to Article 14.” ’

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2013 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

Article 5

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 December 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint Committee

Hege M. HOFF

Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI

(1)   OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 1.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.