DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 22/2022

of 4 February 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1070]

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) 2021/1416 of 17 June 2021 amending Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the exclusion of incoming flights from the United Kingdom from the Union emissions trading system ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 21al (Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following indent is added:

‘-

32021 R 1416 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1416 of 17 June 2021 ( OJ L 305, 31.8.2021, p. 1 ).’

The text of adaptation (u) is replaced by the following:

‘In the second paragraph of the entry ‘Aviation’ of column ‘Activities’ of the table in Annex I:

(i) the second paragraph of point (j) and point (k) as amended by Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2020/1071 of 18 May 2020, and point (l) shall apply from 1 January 2020,

(ii) the second paragraph of point (j) and point (k) as amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1416 of 17 June 2021, and point (m) shall apply from 1 January 2021.’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1416 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 5 February 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, 4 February 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 305, 31.8.2021, p. 1 .

( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.