Date: 2023-01-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 241/2019 of 27 September 2019 amending Annex XI (Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society) to the EEA Agreement [2023/46]
**Policy Summary**
This decision, EEA Joint Committee No. 241/2019 of 27 September 2019, amends Annex XI (Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/743 of 16 May 2018 into the EEA Agreement. Decision (EU) 2018/743 concerns a pilot project designed to implement administrative cooperation provisions outlined in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) through the Internal Market Information System (IMI). The text of Implementing Decision EU 2018/743 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 28 September 2019, following the completion of all 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 governing body responsible for managing the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XI: Annex XI to the EEA Agreement, concerning Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2018/743: Commission Implementing Decision EU 2018/743 of 16 May 2018 on a pilot project to implement the administrative cooperation provisions set out in Regulation EU 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council by means of the Internal Market Information System.
Regulation EU 2016/679: Regulation EU 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Internal Market Information System: A system used for administrative cooperation.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
Gunnar PLSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
5.1.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 4/75
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 241/2019
of 27 September 2019
amending Annex XI (Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society) to
the EEA Agreement [2023/46]
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) 2018/743 of 16 May 2018 on a pilot project to implement the
administrative cooperation provisions set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the
Council by means of the Internal Market Information System(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex XI to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 5er (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/419) of Annex XI to the
EEA Agreement:
‘5es. 32018 D 0743: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/743 of 16 May 2018 on a pilot project to
implement the administrative cooperation provisions set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European
Parliament and of the Council by means of the Internal Market Information System (OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 115).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/743 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 28 September 2019, 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.
(1) OJ L 123, 18.5.2018, p. 115.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.L 4/76 EN Official Journal of the European Union 5.1.2023
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Gunnar PÁLSSON