DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 157/2022

of 29 April 2022

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1601]

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) 2019/1239 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment and repealing Directive 2010/65/EU ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Regulation (EU) 2019/1239 repeals, with effect from 15 August 2025, Directive 2010/65/EU 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Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 15 August 2025.

(3) 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 is inserted after point 56l (Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘56la.

32019 R 1239 : Regulation (EU) 2019/1239 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment and repealing Directive 2010/65/EU ( OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 64 ).

The text of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

As regards the EFTA States, Article 11(2) and the customs reporting obligations specified in point 7 of Part A of the Annex shall not apply.’

The text of point 56l (Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 15 August 2025.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1239 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 30 April 2022, 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 .

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 198, 25.7.2019, p. 64 .

( 2 ) OJ L 283, 29.10.2010, p. 1 .

( * ) Constitutional requirements indicated.