**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 142/2023, adopted on April 28, 2023, amends Annex XIII (Transport) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/525 of April 1, 2022, which corrects certain language versions of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 regarding rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft, into the EEA Agreement. Specifically, the decision adds the following indent to point 66zbc of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement: "32022 R 0525: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/525 of 1 April 2022 (OJ L 105, 4.4.2022, p. 3)." The authentic text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/525 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on April 29, 2023, conditional upon the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, or on the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 115/2023 of 28 April 2023, whichever is later. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XIII Transport to the EEA Agreement: The specific annex of the EEA Agreement being amended, related to transport regulations.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2022/525: Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2022/525 of 1 April 2022 correcting certain language versions of Implementing Regulation EU 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft
Implementing Regulation EU 2019/947: Regulation on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Icelandic language: One of the languages in which the text of Implementing Regulation EU 2022/525 will be published and considered authentic.
Norwegian language: One of the languages in which the text of Implementing Regulation EU 2022/525 will be published and considered authentic.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2285 9.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 142/2023
of 28 April 2023
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2285]
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) 2022/525 of 1 April 2022 correcting certain language versions of
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft(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 indent is added in point 66zbc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947) of Annex XIII to the
EEA Agreement:
‘— 32022 R 0525: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/525 of 1 April 2022(OJ L 105, 4.4.2022, p. 3).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/525 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*, or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 115/2023
of 28 April 2023(2), whichever is the later.
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, 28 April 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 105, 4.4.2022, p. 3.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L, 2023/2264, 9.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2264/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2285/oj 1/1