DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 196/2022

of 10 June 2022

amending Annex XV (State aid) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1896]

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 Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Annex XV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 1j (Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014) of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following indent is added:

‘—

32021 R 1237 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 ( OJ L 270, 29.7.2021, p. 39 ).’

Adaptations (a) to (n) are renumbered (b) to (o), respectively.

The following adaptation is inserted before adaptation (b):

‘(a)

The term “Article 106(2) of the Treaty” shall read “Article 59(2) of the EEA Agreement”;’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 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 11 June 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( * ) .

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, 10 June 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 270, 29.7.2021, p. 39 .

( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.