**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 245/2019, adopted on September 27, 2019, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2019/7 amends Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 regarding the auctioning of 50 million unallocated allowances from the market stability reserve for the innovation fund and lists an auction platform to be appointed by Germany. The authentic text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on September 28, 2019, following notification 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. Gunnar Plsson, the President of the EEA Joint Committee, signed the decision.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XX Environment: Annex to the EEA Agreement concerning environmental regulations.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/7: A regulation amending Regulation EU No 1031/2010 regarding the auctioning of allowances.
Regulation EU No 1031/2010: Regulation concerning the auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances.
Germany: Country responsible for appointing an auction platform.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Gunnar PLSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 4/82 EN Official Journal of the European Union 5.1.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 245/2019
of 27 September 2019
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/50]
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) 2019/7 of 30 October 2018amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 as
regards the auctioning of 50 million unallocated allowances from the market stability reserve for the innovation
fund and to list an auction platform to be appointed by Germany(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following indent is added in point 21ala (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010) of Annex XX to the EEA
Agreement:
‘— 32019 R 0007: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 of 30 October 2018(OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/7 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.
Done at Brussels, 27 September 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Gunnar PÁLSSON
(1) OJ L 2, 4.1.2019, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.