Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 164/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms [2022/1608]
This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee, specifically Decision No. 164/2022, enacted on April 29, 2022. It amends Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, focusing on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms. The core purpose of this decision is to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of October 28, 2020. This regulation amends Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the forest reference levels applied by Member States for the period 2021-2025.
Article 1 details the specific amendments to Article 38a of Protocol 31, including the addition of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2021/268, and updates to adaptation clauses within the Protocol. It also specifies new forest reference levels for Iceland (30 405) and Norway (26 085 000) within Annex IV.
Article 2 mandates that the authentic texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 stipulates that the Decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, contingent upon the completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement.
Finally, Article 4 states that the Decision will be 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 the decision was Nicolas VON LINGEN.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for the European Economic Area (EEA).
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement: A protocol to the EEA Agreement concerning cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2021/268: A delegated regulation amending Annex IV to Regulation EU 2018/841 regarding forest reference levels.
Regulation EU 2018/841: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union
Iceland: One of the countries which is part of the EEA.
Norway: One of the countries which is part of the EEA.
L 246/222 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 164/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four
freedoms [2022/1608]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Articles 86
and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Commission
Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for
the period 2021-2025(1).
(2) Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Article 3(8)(a) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(1) the following is added in the first indent (Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council):
‘, as amended by:
— 32021 R 0268: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021,
p. 21).’;
(2) adaptation (viii) in the first indent is renumbered as adaptation (ix);
(3) the following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (vii):
‘(viii) The following shall be added to the table of section C of Annex IV:
“Iceland - 30 405
Norway - 26 085 000” ’.
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 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*.
(1) OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, p. 21.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.22.9.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 246/223
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