**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 105/2023, adopted on April 28, 2023, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). This decision incorporates two key EU legislative acts into the EEA Agreement:
1. **Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1371:** This regulation corrects certain language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, which concerns the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2. **Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1028:** This decision amends Decision (EU) 2021/355, modifying the list of installations in Denmark, France, and Sweden covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) as defined in Directive 2003/87/EC.
Article 1 of the Decision formally amends Annex XX of the EEA Agreement to include the aforementioned acts. Article 2 stipulates that the Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1371 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1028, published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, are authentic. The decision entered into force on April 29, 2023, contingent upon the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision was published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
European Economic Area: A free trade zone between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Union (EU).
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for amending the Annex XX Environment to the EEA Agreement
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2022/1371: Commission Implementing Regulation correcting certain language versions of Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2066
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/2066: Commission Implementing Regulation on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC
Directive 2003/87/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2022/1028: Commission Implementing Decision amending Decision EU 2021/355 as regards certain installations in Denmark, France and Sweden
Denmark: Country in Europe where certain installations are included in the list of installations covered by the emissions trading system of the Union
France: Country in Europe where certain installations are included in the list of installations covered by the emissions trading system of the Union
Sweden: Country in Europe where certain installations are included in the list of installations covered by the emissions trading system of the Union
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2258 9.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 105/2023
of 28 April 2023
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2258]
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 Regulation (EU) 2022/1371 of 5 August 2022correcting certain language versions of
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant
to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA
Agreement.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1028 of 27 June 2022 amending Decision (EU) 2021/355 as
regards certain installations in Denmark, France and Sweden and included in the list of installations covered by the
emissions trading system of the Union laid down in Directive 2003/87/EC(2) is to be incorporated into the EEA
Agreement.
(3) Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1. The following is added in point 21aln (Commission Decision (EU) 2021/355):
‘, as amended by:
— 32022 D 1028: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1028 of 27 June 2022 (OJ L 172, 29.6.2022,
p. 21).’
2. The following indent is added in point 21apj (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066):
‘— 32022 R 1371: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1371 of 5 August 2022(OJ L 206, 8.8.2022,
p. 15).’
Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1371 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1028 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 29 April 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made*.
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.
(1) OJ L 206, 8.8.2022, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 172, 29.6.2022, p. 21.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2258/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 9.11.2023
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2258/oj