This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 127/2019, dated 8 May 2019, amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 amends Implementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2013, which concerns the technical specifications for the electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation (Inland ECDIS) as referenced in Directive 2005/44/EC. The amendment updates Annex XIII of the EEA Agreement to include the updated technical specifications for Inland ECDIS. The authentic text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision entered into force on 1 June 2019, following the completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of signing was Claude Maerten.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex XIII Transport to the EEA Agreement: A specific annex to the EEA Agreement related to transport regulations.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2018/1973: A regulation amending Implementing Regulation EU No 909/2013 on electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation.
Implementing Regulation EU No 909/2013: Regulation on the technical specifications for the electronic chart display and information system for inland navigation.
Directive 2005/44/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council related to inland navigation.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Claude MAERTEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 279/32 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.10.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 127/2019
of 8 May 2019
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2024]
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) 2018/1973 of 7 December 2018amending Implementing Regulation
(EU) No 909/2013 on the technical specifications for the electronic chart display and information system for inland
navigation (Inland ECDIS) referred to in Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(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 is added in point 49ae (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 909/2013) of Annex XIII to the EEA
Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
— 32018 R 1973: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 of 7 December 2018(OJ L 324, 19.12.2018,
p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1973 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 1 June 2019, 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.
Done at Brussels, 8 May 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 324, 19.12.2018, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.