Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 169/2024 of 5 July 2024 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2024/2568]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/2568 17.10.2024 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 169/2024 of 5 July 2024 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2024/2568] 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 2023/1795 of 10 July 2023pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate level of protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework(1)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) 2022/254 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 5ew (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/915) of Annex XI to the

EEA Agreement: ‘5ex. 32023 D 1795: Commission Implementing Decision EU 2023/1795 of 10 July 2023 pursuant to Regulation

(EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate level of protection of personal data under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (OJ L 231, 20.9.2023, p. 118).’ Article 2 The text of Implementing Decision EU 2023/1795 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 6 July 2024, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made(*).

(1) OJ L 231, 20.9.2023, p. 118.

(2) OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 183, 19.7.2018, p. 23. (*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2568/oj 1/2EN OJ L, 17.10.2024 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, 5 July 2024.

For the EEA Joint Committee The President Anders H. EIDE 2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2568/oj