**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee (No 161/2025) of June 13, 2025, amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement. It incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770, concerning aircraft equipment and operating rules for the Single European Sky airspace, into the EEA Agreement. The decision enters into force on June 14, 2025, conditional upon notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment of Annex XIII:** Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement is amended.
* **New Point Insertion:** Point 66wp is inserted after the (deleted) point 66wo.
* This new point incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770 into the EEA Agreement.
* An adaptation to the regulation is specified regarding the insertion of "Polaris Flight Information Region (FIR) north of 61°30′" in section AUR.COM.2001 of Annex 1.
* **Deletion of Points:** Points 66we, 66wg, 66wj and 66wl, pertaining to the superseded Commission Regulations, are deleted.
* **Publication of Regulation (EU) 2023/1770:** The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770 shall be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
* **Entry into Force:** The Decision enters into force on June 14, 2025, provided notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement are completed.
* **Publication of the Decision:** The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**EU Aviation Sector**
**Impact:**
The aviation sector must adhere to the provisions of the new Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770.
**Action Required:**
The aviation sector must adapt aircraft equipment and operational rules to comply with the standards of Regulation (EU) 2023/1770.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area, which this decision amends.
Annex XIII (Transport): Annex of the EEA Agreement relating to Transport, which is being amended.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770: EU regulation laying down provisions on aircraft equipment required for the use of the Single European Sky airspace.
EEA Joint Committee: The committee adopting this decision to amend the EEA agreement.
Official Journal EN
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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 161/2025
of 13 June 2025
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1818]
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) 2023/1770 of 12 September 2023 laying down provisions on aircraft
equipment required for the use of the Single European Sky airspace and operating rules related to the use of the
Single European Sky airspace and repealing Regulation (EC) No 29/2009 and Implementing Regulations (EU)
No 1206/2011, (EU) No 1207/2011 and (EU) No 1079/2012(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 29/2009(2) and Commission
Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1206/2011(3), (EU) No 1207/2011(4) and (EU) No 1079/2012(5), which are
incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
(3) Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:
1. The following point is inserted after point 66wo (deleted):
‘66wp. 32023 R 1770: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770 of 12 September 2023 laying
down provisions on aircraft equipment required for the use of the Single European Sky airspace and
operating rules related to the use of the Single European Sky airspace and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 29/2009 and Implementing Regulations (EU) No 1206/2011, (EU) No 1207/2011 and (EU)
No 1079/2012 (OJ L 228, 15.9.2023, p. 39).
The provisions of the Implementing Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the
following adaptation:
In section AUR.COM.2001 of Title 1 of Annex 1, the words “, Polaris Flight Information Region (FIR) north
of 61°30′” shall be inserted after the words “Finland Upper Flight Information Region (UIR) north of
61°30′”.’
2. The texts of points 66we (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1079/2012), 66wg (Commission
Regulation (EC) No 29/2009), 66wj (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1206/2011) and 66wl
(Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1207/2011) are deleted.
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1770 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the
EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
(1) OJ L 228, 15.9.2023, p. 39.
(2) OJ L 13, 17.1.2009, p. 3.
(3) OJ L 305, 23.11.2011, p. 23.
(4) OJ L 305, 23.11.2011, p. 35.
(5) OJ L 320, 17.11.2012, p. 14.
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Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 June 2025, 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, 13 June 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1818/oj