# L_2018215EN.01004501.xml

| 23.8.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 215/45 |
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23.8.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 215/45

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 248/2016

of 2 December 2016

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1184]

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) | Commission Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Decision (EU) 2015/2099 repeals Commission Decisions 2006/799/EC (2) and 2007/64/EC (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Decision (EU) 2015/2099 repeals Commission Decisions 2006/799/EC (2) and 2007/64/EC (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The text of point 2d (Commission Decision 2006/799/EC) is replaced by the following:

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  32015 D 2099: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (OJ L 303, 20.11.2015, p. 75).’ |
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1.

The text of point 2d (Commission Decision 2006/799/EC) is replaced by the following:

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  32015 D 2099: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (OJ L 303, 20.11.2015, p. 75).’

| 2. | The text of point 2da (Commission Decision 2007/64/EC) is deleted. |
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2.

The text of point 2da (Commission Decision 2007/64/EC) is deleted.

Article 2

The text of Decision (EU) 2015/2099 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 3 December 2016, 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, 2 December 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

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(1)  
  OJ L 303, 20.11.2015, p. 75.

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(2)  
  OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 28.

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(3)  
  OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 137.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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