DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 217/2020

of 11 December 2020

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2019]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 ( 1 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, was declared invalid by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgement of 16 July 2020 in Case C-311/18 ( 2 ) and consequently the reference to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 is to be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 5eq (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement is deleted.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

Article 3

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, 11 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 ) OJ L 207, 1.8.2016, p. 1 .

( 2 ) OJ C 249, 16.7.2018, p. 15 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.