Council Decision (EU) 2019/1843

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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 191 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area^note, and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,Whereas:

(1)The Agreement on the European Economic Area^note (‘the EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.

(2)Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement.

(3)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement contains specific provisions on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms.

(4)It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement in Union actions to include Regulations (EU) 2018/841^note and (EU) 2018/842^note of the European Parliament and of the Council and related provisions from Regulations (EU) 2018/1999^note and (EU) No 525/2013^note of the European Parliament and of the Council and from Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014^note.

(5)Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation.

(6)The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Appendix

EFTA States’ stationary EU ETS 2005 emissions figures as reported in the Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 152/2012 (AR2) and the same figures with updated values for global warming potentials (AR4) to be taken into account for the purpose of setting out the annual emission allocations for the years from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Article 4(3)

Table 1: 2005 ETS emissions for Norway:
Greenhouse gas (tons)	CO₂‐eq (AR2)	CO₂‐eq (AR4)	N₂O/PFC
CO₂	23090000	23090000
N₂O	1955000	1880000	6308
PFC	829000	955000
CF₄			116.698
C₂F₆			7.616
Total	25874000	25925000

Table 2: 2005 ETS emissions for Iceland:
Greenhouse gas (tons)	CO₂‐eq (AR2)	CO₂‐eq (AR4)	N₂O/PFC
CO₂	909132	909132
PFC	26709	31105
CF₄			3.508
C₂F₆			0.424
Total	935841	940237

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