Council Decision (EU) 2025/1432 of 8 July 2025 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement (EPBD) (Text with EEA relevance)
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The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment of Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement, shall be based on the draft decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Annex IV to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows: 1. Point 17 (Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be amended as follows: (i) the following is added: ‘, as amended by: — 32018 L 0844 : Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 ( OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 75 ).’ ; (ii) adaptation (d) shall be renumbered as adaptation (g); adaptation (c) is renumbered as adaptation (e); adaptation (b) shall be renumbered as adaptation (c); (iii) the following adaptation shall be inserted after adaptation (a): ‘(b) In Article 2a(2), the words “, and specify how they contribute to achieving the Union’s energy efficiency targets in accordance with Directive 2012/27/EU” shall not apply to the EFTA States.’ ; (iv) the following adaptation shall be inserted after adaptation (c): ‘(d) In Article 8: (i) in paragraph 3, the words “, or, as regards the EFTA States, by [five years] after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … [this Decision]” shall be inserted after the words “1 January 2025”; (ii) in paragraph 6, the words “or, or as regards the EFTA States, one year after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … [this Decision]” shall be inserted after the words “10 March 2021”.’ ; (v) the following adaptation is inserted after adaptation (e): ‘(f) In Articles 14(4) and 15(4), the words “, or, as regards the EFTA States, five years after the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … [this Decision]” shall be inserted after the word “2025”.’. 2. The following indent is added in point 24 (Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32018 L 0844 : Directive (EU) 2018/844 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 ( OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 75 ).’.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
The text of Directive (EU) 2018/844 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 ( *1 ) , or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of … ( 6 ) [incorporating {Directive 2012/27/EU} into the EEA Agreement], 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 .
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