EEA Agreement: amending Annex XIII (transport)

OBJECTIVE: the draft decision by the EEA Joint Committee concerns the amendment of Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement relating to transport, with the aim of integrating the Community acquis recently adopted in this field. SUBSTANCE: in order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant Community legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption. The draft decision is intended to amend Annex XIII to the EEA Agreement to take account of the Community acquis in the field of transport (Directive 97/44/EC concerning summer time). Iceland has requested a derogation from the Directive because of its specific geographical location. Accordingly, it will apply summer time all the year round.�