Date: 2023-03-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 205/2022 of 8 July 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/622]
**Policy Summary:**
This document outlines Decision No. 205/2022 of the EEA Joint Committee, adopted on July 8, 2022, which amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/518 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2022/518 amends Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/985, specifically addressing transitional provisions for certain agricultural and forestry vehicles equipped with engines in the 56 kW to 130 kW power range, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The decision stipulates that the text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/518 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and shall be authentic. This Decision entered into force on July 9, 2022, pending completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/518: A regulation amending Delegated Regulation EU 2018/985 regarding transitional provisions for agricultural and forestry vehicles.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2018/985: A regulation concerning requirements for agricultural and forestry vehicles.
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement providing the legal basis for the decision.
Annex II: Annex II to the EEA Agreement, which concerns technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Iceland: Country that is part of the EEA agreement.
L 85/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 23.3.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 205/2022
of 8 July 2022
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/622]
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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/518 of 13 January 2022 amending Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2018/985 as regards its transitional provisions for certain agricultural and forestry vehicles fitted with engines
in the power range greater than or equal to 56 kW and less than 130 kW in order to address the impact of the
COVID-19 crisis(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following indent is added in point 40c (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/985) of Chapter II of Annex II to
the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32022 R 0518: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/518 of 13 January 2022(OJ L 104, 1.4.2022, p. 56).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/518 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 9 July 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, 8 July 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
(1) OJ L 104, 1.4.2022, p. 56.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.