DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 183/2021

of 11 June 2021

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/175]

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) Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants ( 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 is inserted after point 21aze (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1035) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:

‘21azf.

32015 L 2193 : Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants ( OJ L 313, 28.11.2015, p. 1 ).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a) The following sentence shall be added in Article 3(6):

“For Norway, ‘existing combustion plant’ means a combustion plant put into operation before 20 December 2021.”

(b) The following sentence shall be added in Article 6(7):

“For Norway, from 20 December 2021, emissions into the air of SO 2 , NO x and dust from a new medium combustion plant shall not exceed the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II.’ ”

Article 2

The text of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 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 12 June 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, 11 June 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 313, 28.11.2015, p. 1 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/175/oj

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