**Policy Summary:**
This decision, EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 346/2022 of 9 December 2022, amends Annex XX (Environment) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 into the EEA Agreement. Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 establishes best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU, for large combustion plants. The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and will be considered authentic. This Decision entered into force on 10 December 2022, 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 decision-making body responsible for the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex XX Environment to the EEA Agreement: The annex to the EEA Agreement pertaining to environmental regulations.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2021/2326: A decision establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for large combustion plants.
Directive 2010/75/EU: A directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding industrial emissions.
European Parliament: Legislative branch of the European Union
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Kristjn Andri STEFNSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 164/96 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 346/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1288]
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) 2021/2326 of 30 November 2021establishing best available techniques
(BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for large
combustion plants(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 1fw (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2009) of Annex XX to the
EEA Agreement:
‘1fx. 32021 D 2326: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 of 30 November 2021 establishing best
available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council,
for large combustion plants (OJ L 469, 30.12.2021, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 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 10 December 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, 9 December 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
(1) OJ L 469, 30.12.2021, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.