**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 41/2019, adopted on March 29, 2019, amends Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement. The decision incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/413 of March 14, 2019, which amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998 regarding third countries recognized as applying equivalent security standards to the common basic standards on civil aviation security, into the EEA Agreement. This incorporation ensures alignment of EEA regulations with updated EU civil aviation security standards. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/413 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on March 29, 2019, or the day following the last notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, whichever is later, and will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of signing was Claude Maerten. The reference to the incorporated regulation is OJ L 73, 15.3.2019, p. 98.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex XIII Transport to the EEA Agreement: A section of the EEA Agreement pertaining to transport regulations.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2019/413: A European Union regulation amending Implementing Regulation EU 2015/1998 regarding civil aviation security standards.
Implementing Regulation EU 2015/1998: A European Union regulation concerning common basic standards on civil aviation security.
Article 98: Article number of the EEA agreement regarding amendments
Article 103(1): Article number of the EEA agreement regarding notifications
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
18.7.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 192/49
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 41/2019
of 29 March 2019
amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1225]
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 Regulation (EU) 2019/413 of 14 March 2019 amending Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2015/1998 as regards third countries recognized as applying security standard equivalent to the common
basic standards on civil aviation security (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following indent is added in point 66he (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998) of Annex XIII to
the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32019 R 0413: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/413 of 14 March 2019 (OJ L 73, 15.3.2019,
p. 98).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/413 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 29 March 2019, or on the day following the last notification under Article
103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*), whichever is the later.
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 March 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 73, 15.3.2019, p. 98.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.