DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 77/2024

of 15 March 2024

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1630]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2917 of 20 October 2023 on the verification activities, accreditation of verifiers and approval of monitoring plans by administering authorities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2917 repeals Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 ( 2 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 21awa (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘ 32023 R 2917 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2917 of 20 October 2023 on the verification activities, accreditation of verifiers and approval of monitoring plans by administering authorities pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/2072 ( OJ L, 2023/2917, 29.12.2023 ).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2917 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 16 March 2024, 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, 15 March 2024.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L, 2023/2917, 29.12.2023 .

( 2 ) OJ L 320, 26.11.2016, p. 5 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/1630/oj

ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)