Council Decision (EU) 2023/2637of 20 November 2023on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning the amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement (EMSA Regulation)(Text with EEA relevance)

Article 3 shall be amended as follows:

(i) In paragraph 3, the following shall be added: The Agency shall assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority or the Standing Committee, as necessary, in the performance of its tasks related to recognised organisations and training and qualifications for seafarers in third countries in accordance with the EEA Agreement.

(ii) In paragraph 4, the following shall be added: When the visit or an inspection has been carried out in an EFTA State on behalf of the EFTA Surveillance Authority, the Agency shall send the report to the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA State concerned.

(iii) In paragraph 5, the following shall be added: The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall also receive the Agency’s analysis.

1. The text of adaptation (e) is replaced by the following:

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 6:

1. By way of derogation from Articles 12(2)(a) and 82(3)(a) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, nationals of the EFTA States enjoying their full rights as citizens may be engaged under contract by the Executive Director of the Agency.

By way of derogation from Articles 12(2)(e), 82(3)(e) and 85(3) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants, the languages referred to in Article 129(1) of the EEA Agreement shall be considered by the Agency, in respect of its staff, as languages of the Union referred to in Article 55(1) of the Treaty on European Union.

1. The text of adaptation (f) is replaced by the following:

The following paragraph shall be added to Article 7:

The EFTA States shall grant privileges and immunities to the Agency and its staff equivalent to those contained in the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the European Union.

1. The text of adaptation (g) is replaced by the following:

In Article 10(2)(b), the words the EFTA Surveillance Authority, shall be inserted after the words the Commission,.

1. The text of adaptation (h) shall be replaced by the following:

Article 11 shall be amended as follows:

(i) The following shall be added to paragraph 1:

The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall have one representative on the Administrative Board, without the right to vote.

(ii) The following shall be added to paragraph 2:

The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall appoint a member of the Administrative Board as well as an alternate who will represent the member in his/her absence.

(iii) The following paragraph shall be added:

1. The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Administrative Board and shall within it have the same rights and obligations as EU Member States, except for the right to vote.

1. In adaptation (i), the number 7. is replaced by the number 12..

1. Adaptation (b) is renumbered as adaptation (c), adaptations (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) and (j) are renumbered as adaptations (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (l) and (m) respectively.

1. The following adaptations are inserted:

(b) In Article 1(1) the words as well as response to marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations shall not apply to the EFTA States, to the extent the oil and gas installations are not falling in the territorial scope of the EEA Agreement.

(d) In Articles 2(3)(d) and 2(5) the words as well as marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations shall not apply to the EFTA States, to the extent the oil and gas installations are not falling in the territorial scope of the EEA Agreement.

(e) Articles 2(4)(g) and 2a(2)(e) shall not apply to the EFTA States, to the extent the oil and gas installations are not falling in the territorial scope of the EEA Agreement.

(n) In Article 10(2)(c), the words and the EFTA Surveillance Authority, shall be inserted after the word Commission.

(o) This Regulation shall not apply to Liechtenstein. Consequently, Liechtenstein will not participate in the European Maritime Safety Agency or contribute financially to its operation.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 100/2013 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 …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made

[No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]

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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, ...

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

The Secretaries

To the EEA Joint Committee

Joint Declaration by the Contracting Parties to Decision No …/… incorporating Regulation (EU) No 100/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council into the Agreement

The parties acknowledge that the incorporation of this act is without prejudice to the direct application of Protocol 7 on the privileges and immunities of the European Union to the nationals of EFTA states in the territory of each Member State of the European Union, pursuant to Article 11 of that Protocol.