Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 280/2015 of 30 October 2015 amending Annex XIII (Transport), Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1069]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 280/2015 of 30 October 2015 amending Annex XIII (Transport), Protocol 31 (on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms) and Protocol 37 (containing the list provided for in Article 101) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1069]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU(1).
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for this extended cooperation to take place.
Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 repeals Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
Annex XIII and Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is inserted after paragraph 5 of Article 12 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
‘6.The EFTA States shall participate in the activities which may result from the following Union act:
32013 R 1315: Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network and repealing Decision No 661/2010/EU (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 1).
The EFTA States shall participate fully, without the right to vote, in the committee established by Article 52 of the Regulation.’
Article 2
The text of point 5 (Decision No 661/2010/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement is deleted.
Article 3
The text of point 4 of Protocol 37 to the EEA Agreement is deleted.
Article 4
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.