Council Decision (EU) 2023/456 of 21 February 2023 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee, as regards the amendment to Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) and Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 of the EEA Agreement (Text with EEA relevance)

The position to be adopted on behalf of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Annex XI (Electronic communication, audiovisual services and information society) and Protocol 37 containing the list provided for in Article 101 of 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.

The text of point 5ch (Commission Decision 2002/622/EC) of Annex XI to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following: ‘32019 D 0612(01): Commission Decision of 11 June 2019 setting up the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and repealing Decision 2002/622/EC (OJ C 196, 12.6.2019, p. 16). The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: (a) Article 2(4) shall not apply to the EFTA States. Modalities for the association of the EFTA States in accordance with Article 101 of this Agreement: The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Radio Spectrum Policy Group and shall within it have the same rights and obligations as EU Member States, except for the right to vote. Members from the EFTA States shall not be eligible for the Chairmanship of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group or its subgroups.’

In point 16 of Protocol 37, the words ‘Commission Decision 2002/622/EC’ are replaced by the words ‘Commission Decision of 11 June 2019’.

The text of Commission Decision of 11 June 2019 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.