Date: 2023-11-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 145/2023 of 13 June 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2542]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 145/2023, adopted on June 13, 2023, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of January 26, 2022, into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2022/545 supplements Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 by establishing detailed rules for type-approval of motor vehicles concerning their event data recorders (EDR), including specific test procedures and technical requirements, and amends Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2019/2144.
Article 1 of the Decision modifies Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement by inserting point 51d, referencing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 (OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18), after point 51c and adding an indent to point 52, also referencing the same regulation.
Article 2 stipulates that the Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and are authentic.
Article 3 states that the Decision will enter into force on June 14, 2023, provided all 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 49/2022 of 18 March 2022, whichever is later.
Article 4 mandates the publication of the Decision 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, Nicolas VON LINGEN, signed the decision in Brussels.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for the management of the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/545: A regulation supplementing Regulation EU 2019/2144, laying down rules for type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder.
Regulation EU 2019/2144: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning type-approval requirements for motor vehicles.
European Parliament: One of the legislative branches of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: The council of the European Union.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: Annex to the EEA Agreement concerning technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2542 30.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 145/2023
of 13 June 2023
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2542]
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) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2144
of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning the specific test procedures
and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their event data recorder and for
the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and amending Annex II to that Regulation(1)is to be
incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chapter I of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1. The following point is inserted after point 51c (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/133):
‘51d. 32022 R 0545: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022 supplementing
Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules
concerning the specific test procedures and technical requirements for the type-approval of motor vehicles with
regard to their event data recorder and for the type-approval of those systems as separate technical units and
amending Annex II to that Regulation (OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18).’
2. The following indent is added in point 52 (Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 of the European Parliament and of the Council):
‘- 32022 R 0545: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 of 26 January 2022(OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/545 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 14 June 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 49/2022 of
18 March 2022(2), whichever is the later.
(1) OJ L 107, 6.4.2022, p. 18.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L 182, 7.7.2022, p. 19.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2542/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 30.11.2023
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, 13 June 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2542/oj