DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 59/2021

of 5 February 2021

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2024/66]

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) Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is inserted after point 5ob (Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement:

‘5oc.

32016 L 2102 : Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies ( OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 1 ).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

In Article 12(3), as regards the EFTA States:

(i) in point (a), the words “23 September 2018” shall read “the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 59/2021 of 5 February 2021”, and the words “23 September 2019” shall read “one year after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 59/2021 of 5 February 2021”;

(ii) in point (b), the words “23 September 2020” shall read “two years after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 59/2021 of 5 February 2021”;

(iii) in point (c), the words “23 June 2021” shall read “two and a half years after the date of entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 59/2021 of 5 February 2021”.’

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2016/2102 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 6 February 2021, 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, 5 February 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 327, 2.12.2016, p. 1 .

( *1 ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/66/oj

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