DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 35/2024

of 2 February 2024

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1532]

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)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/980 of 16 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799 as regards a transitional smart tachograph and its use of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1228 (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

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

The following indent is added in point 21bb (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799):

‘—	32023 R 0980: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/980 of 16 May 2023 (OJ L 134, 22.5.2023, p. 28).’

The following is added in the third indent (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1228) of point 21bb (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/799):

‘, as amended by:

—	32023 R 0980: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/980 of 16 May 2023 (OJ L 134, 22.5.2023, p. 28).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/980 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 3 February 2024, 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, 2 February 2024.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 134, 22.5.2023, p. 28.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.