11.3.2010   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/40


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 144/2009

of 4 December 2009

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 110/2009 of 22 October 2009 (1).

(2)

Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security (2) was reincorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 99/2009 of 25 September 2009 (3) with country specific adaptations.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 483/2009 of 9 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 820/2008 laying down measures for the implementation of the common basic standards on aviation security (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be added in point 66i (Commission Regulation (EC) No 820/2008) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘, as amended by:

32009 R 0483: Commission Regulation (EC) No 483/2009 of 9 June 2009 (OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 23).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 483/2009 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 December 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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 December 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES


(1)  OJ L 334, 17.12.2009, p. 10.

(2)  OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 304, 19.11.2009, p. 14.

(4)  OJ L 145, 10.6.2009, p. 23.

(5)  No constitutional requirements indicated.