Annexes to COM(2015)659 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement (ultra-wide band)

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dossier COM(2015)659 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to ...
document COM(2015)659 EN
date February 12, 2016
Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement

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 2014/702/EU of 7 October 2014 amending Decision 2007/131/EC on allowing the use of the radio spectrum for equipment using ultra-wideband technology in a harmonised manner in the Community (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 5cw (Commission Decision 2007/131/EC) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.The following text is added:

‘The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Iceland and Norway shall be exempted from allowing the use of the 6.0 to 8.5 GHz band by equipment using ultra-wideband technology on-board aircraft.’.

2.The following indent is added:

‘—32014 D 0702: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/702/EU of 7 October 2014 (OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 48).’.

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decision 2014/702/EU 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 […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (2).

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,

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

[…]

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee

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(1) OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 48.

(2) [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]