Article 1
The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
2012/399/EU: Council Decision of 10 July 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
2012/399/EU: Council Decision of 10 July 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement
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Article 1
Point 18a (Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: (1) The following indent shall be added: ‘— 32006 L 0038 : Directive 2006/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 ( OJ L 157, 9.6.2006, p. 8 ).’; (2) The adaptation text shall be amended as follows: (i) The text of adaptation (d) is replaced by the following: ‘(d) The following shall be added at the end of Article 7(4b): “(a) For tolling arrangements on the trans-European road network in south-eastern Norway which are already in place on the date of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No xx/2012, the application of discounts or reductions in tolls for frequent users shall comply with Article 7(4b) of this Directive by 31 December 2014 at the latest. (b) On the trans-European road network in other parts of Norway, the current level of discounts or reductions in tolls for frequent users may be applied to tolling arrangements already in place on the date of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No xx/2012 provided that the share of international heavy goods traffic on the infrastructure network concerned is below 30 %. For tolling arrangements put in place after the date of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No xx/2012, discounts or reductions in tolls for frequent users may exceed the level set out in Article 7(4b) of this Directive provided that: — the share of international heavy goods traffic on the infrastructure network concerned is not higher than 5 %, — the level of such discounts or reductions is justified by specific circumstances, notably when the infrastructure network concerned consists of bridges and/or tunnels to replace a ferry.”.’. (ii) The text of adaptation (e) is deleted.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
Article 2
The text of Directive 2006/38/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 …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee ( *1 ) .
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 .
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