DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 216/2020

of 11 December 2020

amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2018]

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) 2018/1538 of 11 October 2018 on the harmonisation of radio spectrum for use by short-range devices within the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz frequency bands ( 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 5czp (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/784) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement:

‘5czq.

32018 D 1538: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 of 11 October 2018 on the harmonisation of radio spectrum for use by short-range devices within the 874-876 and 915-921 MHz frequency bands ( OJ L 257, 15.10.2018, p. 57 ).

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

This Decision shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1538 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 12 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, 11 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 ) OJ L 257, 15.10.2018, p. 57 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.