DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 108/2020

of 14 July 2020

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1368]

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) Regulation (EU) 2020/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/352, so as to allow the managing body of a port or the competent authority to provide flexibility in respect of the levying of port infrastructure charges in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following is added in point 56z (Regulation (EU) 2017/352 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

— 32020 R 0697 : Regulation (EU) 2020/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 2020 ( OJ L 165, 27.5.2020, p. 7 ).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2020/697 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 15 July 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made  ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 128/2019 of 8 May 2019  ( 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, 14 July 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 )    OJ L 165, 27.5.2020, p. 7 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.

( 2 )    OJ L 279, 27.10.2022, p. 33 .