Annexes to COM(2017)711 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

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Annex XIII (Transport) 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)Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (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 point is inserted after point 5 (Deleted) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement:

‘5a.32014 L 0094: Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1).

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

(a)As regards the EFTA States, the word “TFEU” in Article 3(5) shall read “EEA Agreement”.

(b)Article 6 shall not apply to Iceland.

(c)This Directive shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2014/94/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 (*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,

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries to the EEA Joint Committee



(1) OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1.

(*1)  [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]