**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 24/2022, adopted on 4 February 2022, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1961 of 5 August 2021 into the EEA Agreement. This regulation amends Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council, adjusting for the evolution of the mass of newly registered passenger cars in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1961 does not apply to Liechtenstein. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1961 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on 5 February 2022, following the completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision was 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 amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XX Environment to the EEA Agreement: The specific annex of the EEA Agreement related to environmental regulations that is being amended.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2021/1961: A regulation amending Annex I to Regulation EU 2019/631 regarding the mass of new passenger cars.
Regulation EU 2019/631: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council related to passenger car emissions.
Liechtenstein: A European country to which Delegated Regulation EU 2021/1961 does not apply, according to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 168/2020.
Brussels: The city where the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee was signed.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
30.6.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 175/41
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 24/2022
of 4 February 2022
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1072]
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) 2021/1961 of 5 August 2021 amending Annex I to Regulation (EU)
2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to take into account the evolution of the mass of
new passenger cars registered in 2017, 2018 and 2019(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) By virtue of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 168/2020 of 23 October 2020(2), Delegated Regulation (EU)
2021/1961 does not apply to Liechtenstein.
(3) Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following indent is added in point 21az (Regulation (EU) 2019/631 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
‘- 32021 R 1961: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1961 of 5 August 2021(OJ L 400, 12.11.2021, p. 14).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1961 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 5 February 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, 4 February 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 400, 12.11.2021, p. 14.
(2) Not yet published in the Official Journal.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.