Council Decision (EU) 2016/204 of 12 February 2016 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement (ultra-wide band)

The position to be adopted, on the Union's behalf, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

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

Point 5cw (Commission Decision 2007/131/EC) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following text is added: ‘The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Iceland and Norway shall be exempted from allowing the use of the 6.0 to 8.5 GHz band by equipment using ultra-wideband technology on-board aircraft.’. 2. The following indent is added: ‘— 32014 D 0702: Commission Implementing Decision 2014/702/EU of 7 October 2014 (OJ L 293, 9.10.2014, p. 48).’.

The texts of Implementing Decision 2014/702/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on […], provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made .

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.