# L_2015202EN.01003801.xml

| 30.7.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 202/38 |
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30.7.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 202/38

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 187/2014

of 25 September 2014

amending Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1255]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Regulation (EU) No 174/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 174/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 30 (Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex IV to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

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  32008 R 0106: Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a Union energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 1), as amended by:

| — | 32013 R 0174: Regulation (EU) No 174/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 (OJ L 63, 6.3.2013, p. 1). |
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32013 R 0174: Regulation (EU) No 174/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 (OJ L 63, 6.3.2013, p. 1).

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

| (a) | Any reference to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficient labelling programmes for office equipment shall be understood as including a reference to the Exchange of Letters between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway, the Ministry of Industries and Innovation in Iceland and the Office of Economic Affairs of Liechtenstein, except in Article 11 where the reference to the former remains. |
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(a)

Any reference to the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy efficient labelling programmes for office equipment shall be understood as including a reference to the Exchange of Letters between the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Norway, the Ministry of Industries and Innovation in Iceland and the Office of Economic Affairs of Liechtenstein, except in Article 11 where the reference to the former remains.

| (b) | In Article 4(5), the words “Union and third countries” shall read “Union or EFTA States, on the one hand, and third countries, on the other hand,”. The words “tested by the Commission or Member States” shall read “tested by the Commission or Member States or the EFTA States, within their respective competences,”. |
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(b)

In Article 4(5), the words “Union and third countries” shall read “Union or EFTA States, on the one hand, and third countries, on the other hand,”. The words “tested by the Commission or Member States” shall read “tested by the Commission or Member States or the EFTA States, within their respective competences,”.

| (c) | In Article 12(3), first sentence, the word “Commission” shall read “EFTA States and the Commission, within their respective competences”. |
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In Article 12(3), first sentence, the word “Commission” shall read “EFTA States and the Commission, within their respective competences”.

| (d) | Article 13 shall not apply.’ |
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(d)

Article 13 shall not apply.’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 174/2013 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 26 September 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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.

Done at Brussels, 25 September 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 63, 6.3.2013, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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