Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2019]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 217/2020, adopted on December 11, 2020, amends Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision removes the reference to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 from Annex XI, as the Court of Justice of the European Union declared it invalid in Case C-311/18. The amendment is reflected in Article 1, which deletes point 5eq Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250. The decision entered into force on December 12, 2020, following the completion of notifications required 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 decision-making body responsible for adopting decisions related to the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex XI: Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society to the EEA Agreement
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2016/1250: A decision of the European Commission that was incorporated into the EEA Agreement but later declared invalid.
Court of Justice of the European Union: The judicial body that declared Commission Implementing Decision EU 2016/1250 invalid.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Sabine MONAUNI: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement, which gives power to EEA Joint Committee
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/87
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 217/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the
EEA Agreement [2023/2019]
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) 2016/1250(1), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, was
declared invalid by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its judgement of 16 July 2020 in Case C-311/
18(2) and consequently the reference to Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 is to be deleted from the EEA
Agreement.
(2) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The text of point 5eq (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement is deleted.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
EEA Agreement have been made*.
Article 3
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, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI
(1) OJ L 207, 1.8.2016, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 249, 16.7.2018, p. 15.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.