DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 26/2022

of 4 February 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1074]

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 Regulation (EU) 2020/1079 of 20 July 2020 on the verification and correction of data referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/956 on the monitoring and reporting of CO 2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles  ( 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

The following point is inserted after point 21azka (Regulation (EU) 2019/1242 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

‘21azkb.

32020 R 1079 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1079 of 20 July 2020 on the verification and correction of data referred to in Regulation (EU) 2018/956 on the monitoring and reporting of CO 2 emissions from and fuel consumption of new heavy-duty vehicles ( OJ L 235, 22.7.2020, p. 1 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1079 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  ( * ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 396/2021 of 10 December 2021  ( 2 ) , whichever is the later.

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 235, 22.7.2020, p. 1 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 )   Not yet published in the Official Journal.