23.10.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 280/22


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 86/2008

of 4 July 2008

amending Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex XIII to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 72/2008 of 6 June 2008 (1).

(2)

Commission Decision 2008/163/EC of 20 December 2007 concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to ‘safety in railway tunnels’ in the trans-European conventional and high-speed rail system (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 37da (Commission Decision 2007/756/EC) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘37db.

32008 D 0163: Commission Decision 2008/163/EC of 20 December 2007 concerning the technical specification of interoperability relating to “safety in railway tunnels” in the trans-European conventional and high-speed rail system (OJ L 64, 7.3.2008, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Decision 2008/163/EC 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 5 July 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (3).

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, 4 July 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN


(1)  OJ L 257, 25.9.2008, p. 36.

(2)  OJ L 64, 7.3.2008, p. 1.

(3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.