DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 122/2011

of 21 October 2011

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 93/2011 of 20 July 2011(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2011/638/EU of 26 September 2011 on benchmarks to allocate greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3e of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 21apc (Commission Decision 2011/389/EU) of Annex XX to the Agreement:

‘21apd.

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: Commission Decision 2011/638/EU of 26 September 2011 on benchmarks to allocate greenhouse gas emission allowances free of charge to aircraft operators pursuant to Article 3e of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (

OJ L 252, 28.9.2011, p. 20

).’

Article 2

The text of Decision 2011/638/EU 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 22 October 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(3).

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, 21 October 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

(1)

OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 65

(2)

OJ L 252, 28.9.2011, p. 20

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.