Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 119/2001

of 28 September 2001

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 93/2001 of 13 July 2001(1).

(2) Commission Decision 2001/260/EC of 21 March 2001 on the basic parameters of the command-control and signalling subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system referred to as "ERTMS characteristics" in Annex II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 37b (Commission Decision 1999/569/EC) of Annex XIII to the Agreement: "37c. 32001 D 0260: Commission Decision 2001/260/EC of 21 March 2001 on the basic parameters of the command-control and signalling subsystem of the trans-European high-speed rail system referred to as 'ERTMS characteristics' in Annex II(3) to Directive 96/48/EC (OJ L 93, 3.4.2001, p. 53)."

Article 2

The texts of Commission Decision 2001/260/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 September 2001, 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 Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 September 2001.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

E. Bull

(1) OJ L 251, 20.9.2001, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 93, 3.4.2001, p. 53.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.