Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 152/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1596]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 152/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement. This decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2228 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2021/2228, published in OJ L 448 on December 15, 2021, page 50, sets the weighted average of maximum mobile termination rates across the Union and repeals Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2082. Article 1 replaces point 5cub of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2082 of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement with the text of Regulation (EU) 2021/2228. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2228 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, following notification 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 adoption was Nicolas VON LINGEN.
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, governing trade and economic relations between the EU member states and certain other countries.
Annex XI to the EEA Agreement: A specific annex of the EEA Agreement related to Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2021/2228: A European Union regulation setting the weighted average of maximum mobile termination rates across the Union.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/2082: A European Union regulation that is being repealed and replaced by Regulation EU 2021/2228.
Article 98 of the EEA Agreement: The specific article of the EEA Agreement that provides the legal basis for the decision being made.
Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement: Article specifying notification requirements for the EEA Agreement.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
L 246/116 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 152/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the
EEA Agreement [2022/1596]
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) 2021/2228 of 14 December 2021 setting the weighted average of
maximum mobile termination rates across the Union and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2082(1)is
to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The text of point 5cub (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2082) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement is
replaced by the following:
‘32021 R 2228: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2228 of 14 December 2021 setting the weighted
average of maximum mobile termination rates across the Union and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2082
(OJ L 448, 15.12.2021, p. 50).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2228 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 30 April 2022, 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, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 448, 15.12.2021, p. 50.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.