DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 328/2023

of 8 December 2023

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1445]

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) 2016/1625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 56o (Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘—	32016 R 1625: Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 251, 16.9.2016, p. 77).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 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 9 December 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 327/2023 of 8 December 2023 (2), 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, 8 December 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Pascal SCHAFHAUSER

(1) OJ L 251, 16.9.2016, p. 77.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2) OJ L, 2024/1423, 13.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1423/oj.

Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties

to Decision No 328/2023 incorporating Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 into the Agreement

Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 of the European Parliament and of the Council contains provisions with references to Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005, which concern matters falling outside the scope of the EEA Agreement. The incorporation of Regulation (EU) 2016/1625 into the EEA Agreement is without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement.