DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 243/2020

of 30 December 2020

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2045]

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) 2020/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 66nl (Regulation (EU) 2019/494 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘66nm.

32020 R 2226 : Regulation (EU) 2020/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 on certain aspects of aviation safety with regard to the end of the transition period provided for in the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community ( OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 97 ).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2020/2226 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 December 2020, 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, 30 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 )    OJ L 437, 28.12.2020, p. 97 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.