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Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2005 of 8 July 2005 amending Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement


Published: 2005-07-08

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24.11.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 306/34

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 102/2005

of 8 July 2005

amending Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

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 Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2005 of 11 March 2005 (1).

(2)

Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 18 (Regulation (EC) No 2422/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) in Annex IV to the Agreement:

‘19.

32001 L 0077: Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market (OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

This Directive shall not apply to Liechtenstein;

(b)

in Article 3(2) the date “27 October 2002” and in Articles 3(3), 5(1) and 6(2), the date “27 October 2003” shall read “six months after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 102/2005 of 8 July 2005”;

(c)

in Article 3(2), second indent, the word “Community” shall be replaced by “EFTA States”;

(d)

paragraph 8 of Protocol 1 shall not apply to Article 3 (4), second indent;

(e)

in Article 4(1) the words “Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty” shall read “Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement”. The words “Articles 6 and 174 of the Treaty” shall read “Article 73 of the EEA Agreement”;

(f)

in the Annex, the following shall be added:

“Iceland

5,58

99,90

99,50 (3)

Norway

110,95

96,30

90,00 (4)”

Article 2

The text of Directive 2001/77/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 9 July 2005, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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, 8 July 2005.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

HSH Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1)  OJ L 198, 28.7.2005, p. 45.

(2)  OJ L 283, 27.10.2001, p. 33. Directive as amended by the 2003 Act of Accession.

(3)  The figure for Iceland is contingent upon there being no changes in interconnectivity with other electricity systems. Furthermore, due to the importance of climatic factors on the production of electricity from hydro resources, the demand for electricity and breakdowns in transmission the figure for 2010 should be calculated on a long-range model based on hydrologic and climatic conditions.

(4)  The ability of Norway to reach its target of 90 percent is contingent upon electricity consumption not increasing by more than 1 % annually. This corresponds with approximately 6 - 7 TWh new production capacity of electricity from renewable energy sources being introduced from 1997 to 2010.

The considerable variations in Norwegian hydropower production might make it necessary for Norway to take into account the average hydropower production potential in the reports on the fulfilment of the indicative target.’

(5)  Constitutional requirements indicated.