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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 222/2021

of 9 July 2021

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/278]

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) 2020/1806 of 25 November 2020 on the approval of the use of the engine-on coasting function in passenger cars with internal combustion engines and in not off-vehicle charging hybrid electric passenger cars as an innovative technology pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decisions 2013/128/EU, 2013/341/EU, 2013/451/EU, 2013/529/EU, 2014/128/EU, 2014/465/EU, 2014/806/EU, (EU) 2015/158, (EU) 2015/206, (EU) 2015/279, (EU) 2015/295, (EU) 2015/1132, (EU) 2015/2280, (EU) 2016/160, (EU) 2016/265, (EU) 2016/588, (EU) 2016/362, (EU) 2016/587, (EU) 2016/1721, (EU) 2016/1926, (EU) 2017/785, (EU) 2017/1402, (EU) 2018/1876, (EU) 2018/2079, (EU) 2019/313, (EU) 2019/314, (EU) 2020/728, (EU) 2020/1102, (EU) 2020/1222 ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1806 repeals Commission Implementing Decisions 2013/128/EU ( 2 ) , 2013/341/EU ( 3 ) , 2013/451/EU ( 4 ) , 2013/529/EU ( 5 ) , 2014/128/EU ( 6 ) , 2014/465/EU ( 7 ) , 2014/806/EU ( 8 ) , (EU) 2015/158 ( 9 ) , (EU) 2015/206 ( 10 ) , (EU) 2015/279 ( 11 ) , (EU) 2015/295 ( 12 ) , (EU) 2015/1132 ( 13 ) , (EU) 2015/2280 ( 14 ) , (EU) 2016/160 ( 15 ) , (EU) 2016/265 ( 16 ) , (EU) 2016/362 ( 17 ) , (EU) 2016/587 ( 18 ) , (EU) 2016/588 ( 19 ) , (EU) 2016/1721 ( 20 ) , (EU) 2016/1926 ( 21 ) , (EU) 2017/785 ( 22 ) , (EU) 2017/1402 ( 23 ) , (EU) 2018/1876 ( 24 ) , (EU) 2018/2079 ( 25 ) , (EU) 2019/313 ( 26 ) , (EU) 2019/314 ( 27 ) , (EU) 2020/1102 ( 28 ) and (EU) 2020/1222 ( 29 ) , which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1861 ( 30 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter III of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The following point is inserted after point 21azh (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1232):

‘21azi.

32020 D 1806 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1806 of 25 November 2020 on the approval of the use of the engine-on coasting function in passenger cars with internal combustion engines and in not off-vehicle charging hybrid electric passenger cars as an innovative technology pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decisions 2013/128/EU, 2013/341/EU, 2013/451/EU, 2013/529/EU, 2014/128/EU, 2014/465/EU, 2014/806/EU, (EU) 2015/158, (EU) 2015/206, (EU) 2015/279, (EU) 2015/295, (EU) 2015/1132, (EU) 2015/2280, (EU) 2016/160, (EU) 2016/265, (EU) 2016/588, (EU) 2016/362, (EU) 2016/587, (EU) 2016/1721, (EU) 2016/1926, (EU) 2017/785, (EU) 2017/1402, (EU) 2018/1876, (EU) 2018/2079, (EU) 2019/313, (EU) 2019/314, (EU) 2020/728, (EU) 2020/1102, (EU) 2020/1222 ( OJ L 402, 1.12.2020, p. 91 ).’

The texts of points 21aed (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/128/EU), 21aee (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/341/EU), 21aef (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/451/EU), 21aeg (Commission Implementing Decision 2013/529/EU), 21aeh (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/128/EU), 21aei (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/465/EU), 21aej (Commission Implementing Decision 2014/806/EU), 21aek (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/158), 21ael (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/206), 21aem (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/279), 21aen (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/295), 21aeo (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1132), 21aep (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/2280), 21aeq (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/160), 21aer (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/265), 21aes (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/362), 21aet (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/587), 21aeu (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/588), 21aev (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1721), 21aew (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1926), 21aex (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/785), 21aeza (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1402), 21aezb (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/2079), 21aeze (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/314), 21aye (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1876), 21ayf (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/313), 21azb (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1102) and 21azg (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1222) are deleted.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1806 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 10 July 2021, 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, 9 July 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 402, 1.12.2020, p. 91 .

( 2 ) OJ L 70, 14.3.2013, p. 7 .

( 3 ) OJ L 179, 29.6.2013, p. 98 .

( 4 ) OJ L 242, 11.9.2013, p. 12 .

( 5 ) OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 80 .

( 6 ) OJ L 70, 11.3.2014, p. 30 .

( 7 ) OJ L 210, 17.7.2014, p. 17 .

( 8 ) OJ L 332, 19.11.2014, p. 34 .

( 9 ) OJ L 26, 31.1.2015, p. 31 .

( 10 ) OJ L 33, 10.2.2015, p. 52 .

( 11 ) OJ L 47, 20.2.2015, p. 26 .

( 12 ) OJ L 53, 25.2.2015, p. 11 .

( 13 ) OJ L 184, 11.7.2015, p. 22 .

( 14 ) OJ L 322, 8.12.2015, p. 64 .

( 15 ) OJ L 31, 6.2.2016, p. 70 .

( 16 ) OJ L 50, 26.2.2016, p. 30 .

( 17 ) OJ L 67, 12.3.2016, p. 59 .

( 18 ) OJ L 101, 16.4.2016, p. 17 .

( 19 ) OJ L 101, 16.4.2016, p. 25 .

( 20 ) OJ L 259, 27.9.2016, p. 71 .

( 21 ) OJ L 297, 4.11.2016, p. 18 .

( 22 ) OJ L 118, 6.5.2017, p. 20 .

( 23 ) OJ L 199, 29.7.2017, p. 14 .

( 24 ) OJ L 306, 30.11.2018, p. 53 .

( 25 ) OJ L 331, 28.12.2018, p. 225 .

( 26 ) OJ L 51, 22.2.2019, p. 31 .

( 27 ) OJ L 51, 22.2.2019, p. 42 .

( 28 ) OJ L 241, 27.7.2020, p. 38 .

( 29 ) OJ L 279, 27.8.2020, p. 5 .

( 30 ) OJ L 286, 7.11.2019, p. 15 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/278/oj

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