DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 29/2022
of 4 February 2022
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2022/1077]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to include Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) .
(2) In line with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, as adapted for the purposes of the EEA Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 269/2019 of 25 October 2019 ( 2 ) , the EFTA Surveillance Authority has adopted Decision No 204/21/COL of 21 July 2021 setting out Iceland’s and Norway’s annual emission allocations pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
(3) By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 269/2019 of 25 October 2019, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 does not apply to Liechtenstein.
(4) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is added after the second indent (Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of paragraph 8(a) of Article 3 of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
‘—
32020 D 2126 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 58 ).
The Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
(i) The following shall be added to the table in Annex I:
|
“Iceland |
3 109 329 |
|
Norway |
28 925 334 ” |
(ii) The following shall be added to the table in Annex II:
|
“Iceland |
2 876 150 |
2 802 993 |
2 729 836 |
2 656 679 |
2 583 522 |
2 510 365 |
2 437 208 |
2 364 050 |
2 290 893 |
2 217 736 |
|
Norway |
25 164 459 |
24 296 764 |
23 429 068 |
22 561 373 |
21 693 677 |
20 825 982 |
19 958 287 |
19 090 591 |
18 222 896 |
17 355 200 ” |
(iii) The following shall be added to the table in Annex III:
|
“Iceland |
1 243 732 |
|
Norway |
5 785 067 ’” |
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 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 426, 17.12.2020, p. 58 .
( 2 ) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
( * ) No constitutional requirements indicated.
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