Council Decision (EU) 2023/2640 of 20 November 2023 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment to Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement (EPBD: comparative methodology framework)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex IV (Energy) 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.

The following point is inserted after point 17 (Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IV to the EEA Agreement: ‘17a. 32012 R 0244: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012 of 16 January 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings by establishing a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements (OJ L 81, 21.3.2012, p. 18). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: The Regulation shall not apply to Iceland.’.

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012 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 , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 135/2022 of 29 April 2022 , whichever is the later.

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