10.6.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 143/28

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 33/2010

of 12 March 2010

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 13/2010 of 29 January 2010 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2009 of 26 November 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 474/2006 establishing the Community list of air carriers which are subject to an operating ban within the Community (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 552/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the interoperability of the European Air Traffic Management network (the interoperability Regulation) (3), which has been incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 67/2006 of 2 June 2006 (4), repeals Council Directive 93/65/EEC (5), Commission Directive 97/15/EC (6), and Regulations (EC) No 2082/2000 (7) and (EC) No 980/2002 (8), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XIII to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

the text of point 66zab (Commission Regulation (EC) No 474/2006) shall be amended as follows:

(i)

the following indent shall be added:

‘—

32009 R 1144: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1144/2009 of 26 November 2009 (OJ L 312, 27.11.2009, p. 16).’;

(ii)

the following shall be added:

‘The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

The provisions of the Annexes to the Regulation shall apply as long as they are in force in the European Union.’;

2.

the text of point 66c (Council Directive 93/65/EEC) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1144/2009 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 13 March 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (9).

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, 12 March 2010.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(1)  OJ L 101, 22.4.2010, p. 23.

(2)  OJ L 312, 27.11.2009, p. 16.

(3)  OJ L 96, 31.3.2004, p. 26.

(4)  OJ L 245, 7.9.2006, p. 18.

(5)  OJ L 187, 29.7.1993, p. 52.

(6)  OJ L 95, 10.4.1997, p. 16.

(7)  OJ L 254, 9.10.2000, p. 1.

(8)  OJ L 150, 8.6.2002, p. 38.

(9)  No constitutional requirements indicated.