Date: 18-Jan-2024Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 119/2021 of 19 March 2021 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2024/113]
The EEA Joint Committee Decision No 119/2021 amends Annex XI to the EEA Agreement to incorporate Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857. These regulations relate to the .eu top-level domain name registry.
Key Changes
Incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083, which supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/517 by establishing eligibility and selection criteria and the procedure for designating the .eu top-level domain name registry, into the EEA Agreement.
Incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857, which lays down the principles to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517, into the EEA Agreement.
The decision entered into force on 20 March 2021, provided that all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement had been made, or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 83/2020 of 12 June 2020, whichever was the later.
Impact Analysis
Stakeholders
Iceland and Norway: The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages are authentic.
Suggested Action Items
Relevant stakeholders should monitor the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union for the publication of the Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of the regulations.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing and implementing legislation.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, extending the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
Regulation (EU) 2019/517: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council related to the implementation and functioning of the .eu top-level domain.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083: Supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/517, establishing eligibility and selection criteria and the procedure for the designation of the Registry of the .eu top-level domain name.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857: Laying down the principles to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2024/113 18.1.2024
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 119/2021
of 19 March 2021
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the
EEA Agreement [2024/113]
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) 2020/1083 of 14 May 2020Supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of
the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the eligibility and selection criteria and the procedure
for the designation of the Registry of the.eu top-level domain name(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 of 17 June 2020laying down the principles to be included in
the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in accordance with
Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) is to be incorporated into the EEA
Agreement.
(3) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 5oab (Commission Regulation (EC) No 874/2004) of Annex XI to the EEA
Agreement:
‘5oac. 32020 R 0857: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 of 17 June 2020laying down the principles
to be included in the contract between the European Commission and the .eu top-level domain Registry in
accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 195, 19.6.2020,
p. 52).
5oad. 32020 R 1083: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083 of 14 May 2020 Supplementing Regulation
(EU) 2019/517 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the eligibility and selection criteria
and the procedure for the designation of the Registry of the.eu top-level domain name (OJ L 239, 24.7.2020, p. 1).’
Article 2
The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1083 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/857 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 20 March 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made*, or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 83/2020 of
12 June 2020(3), whichever is the later.
(1) OJ L 239, 24.7.2020, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 195, 19.6.2020, p. 52.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
(3) OJ L 78, 16.3.2023, p. 30.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/113/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 18.1.2024
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, 19 March 2021.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Clara GANSLANDT
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/113/oj