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15.3.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
76/49
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 162/2011
of 19 December 2011
amending Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140,
5.6.2009, p. 16).
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 provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes
‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
of this Agreement, be read with the following adap
tations:
Whereas:
(a) the Directive shall not apply to Liechtenstein;
(1) Annex
IV
to
the
Agreement
was
last
amended
by
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 75/2011 of
1 July 2011 ( 1 ).
(b) the second sentence of Article 3(1) shall not apply
to the EFTA States;
(2) Directive
2009/28/EC
of
the
European
Parliament
and
of
the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the
use of energy from renewable sources and amending and
(c) the following shall be added in Article 4(2):
subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and
2003/30/EC ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
“Norway and Iceland shall notify their national
(3)
Directive 2009/28/EC repeals Directive 2001/77/EC of
renewable energy action plans to the EFTA
the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ), which
Surveillance Authority no later than 6 months
is incorporated into the Agreement and is therefore to
after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA
be repealed under the Agreement.
Joint Committee No …, incorporating Directive
2009/28/EC.”;
(4)
Norway’s fulfilment of the target for share of energy
from renewable sources in gross final consumption of
energy in 2020 must be seen in the context of the
(d) the following shall be added in Article 22(1):
initial high share of renewable energy compared to the
EU Member States, and the uncertainty associated with
supply and demand embedded in the combination of a
“Norway and Iceland shall submit a report on
hydro-based energy production system and a cold
progress in the promotion and use of energy
climate,
from renewable sources by 31 December 2013,
and every 2 years thereafter. The fifth report, to
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
be submitted by 31 December 2021, shall be the
last report required.”;
Article 1
Annex IV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(e) the following shall be added in point A of Annex I:
(1) the text of point 19 (Directive 2001/77/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect
“Share of energy from
Target for share of
from 1 January 2012;
renewable sources in energy from renewable
gross final
sources in gross final
consumption of energy, consumption of energy,
(2) the following shall be inserted after point 40 (Commission
2005 (S 2005 )
2020 (S 2020 )
Regulation (EU) No 774/2010):
Iceland 55,0
% 64
%
‘41. 32009 L 0028: Directive 2009/28/EC of the European
Norway 58,2
% 67,5
%”
’
Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on
the promotion of the use of energy from renewable
sources and amending and subsequently repealing
Article 2
The text of Directive 2009/28/EC in the Icelandic and
( 1 ) OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 32.
( 2 ) OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16.
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
( 3 ) OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33.
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

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Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 20 December 2011, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
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, 19 December 2011.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kurt JGER
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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