DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 145/2023

of 13 June 2023

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2542]

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) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following point is inserted after point 51c (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/133):

‘51d.

32022 R 0545 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation ( OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18 ).’

The following indent is added in point 52 (Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32022 R 0545 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022 ( OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18 ).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 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 14 June 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 49/2022 of 18 March 2022 ( 2 ) , whichever is the later.

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, 13 June 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 ) OJ L 182, 7.7.2022, p. 19 .

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2542/oj

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