Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 153/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1597]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 153/2022, dated April 29, 2022, amends Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement. This decision incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of June 28, 2021, (as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55) regarding the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom, into the EEA Agreement. This incorporation follows the previous inclusion of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the GDPR) into the EEA Agreement via Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 154/2018. Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway have already implemented the measures outlined in Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772. The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and will be considered authentic. 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.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The EEA Joint Committee is responsible for managing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, governing trade and economic relations between the European Union and Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Regulation EU 2016/679: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR).
European Parliament: The directly elected parliamentary assembly of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A part of the EU legislature, it negotiates and adopts laws, usually together with the European Parliament.
United Kingdom: A country in Europe that was formerly a member state of the European Union.
Iceland: A Nordic island country in the North Atlantic.
Liechtenstein: A German-speaking microstate in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland.
Norway: A Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula
Brussels: The capital of Belgium and a major center for international politics, serving as the de facto capital of the European Union.
22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/117
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 153/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the
EEA Agreement [2022/1597]
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 Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of
the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom(1),
as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) was incorporated into the EEA
Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 154/2018(3). Pursuant to adaptation (e) to Regulation (EU)
2016/679 in point 5e of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have applied the
measures contained in Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772, as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, at the
same time as the EU Member States.
(3) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 5es (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/743) of Annex XI to the
EEA Agreement:
‘5et. 32021 D 1772: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772 of 28 June 2021pursuant to Regulation (EU)
2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United
Kingdom (OJ L 360, 11.10.2021, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55.’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1772, as corrected by OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 55, 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.
(1) OJ L 360, 11.10.2021, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 183, 19.7.2018, p. 23.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.L 246/118 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
Done at Brussels, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN