# L_2023106EN.01003501.xml

| 20.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 106/35 |
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20.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 243/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/772]

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) | Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directives 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annexes II and XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annexes II and XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following is added in point 9e (Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XVII:

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’ |
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1.

The following is added in point 9e (Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XVII:

‘, as amended by:

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32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’

| 2. | The following indent is added in point 12x (Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV:






  ‘— | 32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’ |
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2.

The following indent is added in point 12x (Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV:

‘—

32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’

Article 2

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 32e (Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 32e (Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘—

32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’

| 2. | The following is added in point 32fa (Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’ |
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2.

The following is added in point 32fa (Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

—

32018 L 0849: Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93).’

Article 3

The text of Directive (EU) 2018/849 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 24 September 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

Article 5

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, 23 September 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 93.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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