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13.12.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
341/25
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 173/2012
of 28 September 2012
amending Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to
the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
the date of the entry into force of the Decision of the
EEA Joint Committee No 173/2012 of 28 September
2012 incorporating this Regulation into the EEA
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
Agreement, the exchange rate published by the
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
Icelandic Central Bank on that same date shall apply.
on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and
in particular Article 98 thereof,
For the purposes of the subsequent limits and maximum
Whereas:
charges provided for in Article 7(2), Article 9(1) and

Article 12(1), the reference exchange rates applied to
determine the revised values shall, in the case of the
Icelandic króna and in the absence of a corresponding
(1) Regulation
(EU)
No
531/2012
of
the
European
Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 on
publication by the European Central Bank, be those
roaming on public mobile communications networks
published by the Icelandic Central Bank two months
within the Union (
preceding the date from which the revised values apply.”

1 ) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.
(b) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 1(7):
(2) Regulation
(EU)
No
531/2012
repeals
Regulation
(EC)
No 717/2007 of the European Parliament and of the
Council ( 2 ), which is incorporated into the Agreement
and which is consequently to be repealed under the
“In the absence of a published exchange rate of the euro
Agreement.
to the Icelandic króna by the European Central Bank on
the date of the entry into force of the Decision of the
EEA Joint Committee No 173/2012 of 28 September
(3) Annex
XI
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
therefore
be
2012 incorporating this Regulation into the EEA
amended accordingly,
Agreement, the exchange rate published by the
Icelandic Central Bank on that same date shall apply.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
For the purposes of the subsequent limits and maximum
charges provided for in Article 8(2), Article 10(2) and
Article 1
Article 13(2), the reference exchange rates applied to
The text of point 5cu (Regulation (EC) No 717/2007 of the
determine the revised values shall, in the case of the
European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XI to the
Icelandic króna and in the absence of a corresponding
EEA Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
publication by the European Central Bank, be the
average of the exchange rates published by the
Icelandic Central Bank two, three and four months
‘32012 R 0531: Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of the
preceding the date from which the revised values apply.”.’
European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012
on roaming on public mobile communications networks
within the Union (OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10).
Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 in the Icelandic and
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
the Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
(a) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 1(6):
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 November 2012 or on
“In the absence of a published exchange rate of the euro
the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint
to the Icelandic króna by the European Central Bank on
Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*),
whichever is the later.
( 1 ) OJ L 172, 30.6.2012, p. 10.
( 2 ) OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 32. (*)
Constitutional
requirements
indicated.

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L 341/26
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Official Journal of the European Union
13.12.2012
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, 28 September 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Atle LEIKVOLL

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