12.6.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/25


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 12/2008

of 1 February 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 167/2007 of 7 December 2007 (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 incorporated into the Agreement by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 61/2004 of 26 April 2004 (3), with country specific adaptations.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2007 of 31 July 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 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 622/2003) of Annex XIII to the Agreement:

‘—

32007 R 0915: Commission Regulation (EC) No 915/2007 of 31 July 2007 (OJ L 200, 1.8.2007, p. 3).

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

Pending adoption of a formal decision to amend Attachment 3 to the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 622/2003 by the EEA Joint Committee in accordance with the procedures laid down in the Agreement, the EFTA States shall simultaneously with the EC Member States take measures corresponding to those taken by the latter on the basis of the updated Attachment 3. In case such measures raise serious concerns for one or more EFTA States, the EFTA State(s) concerned shall immediately refer the matter to the EEA Joint Committee.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 915/2007 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 2 February 2008, 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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER


(1)  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 34.

(2)  OJ L 355, 30.12.2002, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 277, 26.8.2004, p. 175.

(4)  OJ L 200, 1.8.2007, p. 3.

(5)  No constitutional requirements indicated.