DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 189/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1889]

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) 2022/612 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Regulation (EU) 2022/612 repeals, with effect from 1 July 2022, Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2022.

(3)	Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 5cu (Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement shall be replaced with effect from 1 July 2022 by the following:

‘ 32022 R 0612: Regulation (EU) 2022/612 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on roaming on public mobile communications networks within the Union (recast) (OJ L 115, 13.4.2022, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2022/612 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 11 June 2022, or on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*), whichever is the later.

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, 10 June 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 115, 13.4.2022, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10.

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.