Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 116/2018 of 31 May 2018 amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2020/1618]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/394 of 13 March 2018 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards the deletion of air operations requirements for balloons⁽¹⁾ is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 of 13 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of balloons pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽²⁾ is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
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 66nf (Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012):
- 32018 R 0394: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/394 of 13 March 2018 (OJ L 71, 14.3.2018, p. 1).’;
the following point is inserted after point 66nj (Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340):
- 32018 R 0395: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/395 of 13 March 2018 laying down detailed rules for the operation of balloons pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 71, 14.3.2018, p. 10).’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2018/394 and (EU) 2018/395 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 1 June 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made^(***).

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.