Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 311/2021 of 29 October 2021 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/544]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/544 29.2.2024 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 311/2021 of 29 October 2021 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/544] 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 Decision (EU) 2020/1722 of 16 November 2020 on the Union-wide quantity of allowances to be issued under the EU Emissions Trading System for 2021(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 point is inserted after point 21apm (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1603) of Annex XX to the

EEA Agreement: ‘21apn. 32020 D 1722: Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1722 of 16 November 2020 on the Union-wide quantity of allowances to be issued under the EU Emissions Trading System for 2021 (OJ L 386, 18.11.2020, p. 26).’ Article 2 The text of Decision (EU) 2020/1722 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 30 October 2021, 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, 29 October 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee The President Rolf Einar FIFE

(1) OJ L 386, 18.11.2020, p. 26. * No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/544/oj 1/1