# L_2023072EN.01002701.xml

| 9.3.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 72/27 |
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9.3.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 72/27

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 62/2020

of 30 April 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement [2023/487]

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 Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 repeals, with effect from 1 July 2021, Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2021. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 repeals, with effect from 1 July 2021, Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2021.

| (3) | Annexes II and IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following point is inserted after point 6r (Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013):






  ‘6s. | 32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’ |
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1.

The following point is inserted after point 6r (Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013):

‘6s.

32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’

| 2. | The following indent is added in point 14 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009):






  ‘— | 32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’ |
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2.

The following indent is added in point 14 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009):

‘—

32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’

| 3. | The text of point 13 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2021. |
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3.

The text of point 13 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2021.

Article 2

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

| 1. | The following point is inserted after point 26s (Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013):






  ‘26t. | 32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’ |
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1.

The following point is inserted after point 26s (Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013):

‘26t.

32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’

| 2. | The following indent is added in point 37 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009):






  ‘— | 32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’ |
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2.

The following indent is added in point 37 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009):

‘—

32019 R 1781: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74).’

| 3. | The text of point 36 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2021. |
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3.

The text of point 36 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2021.

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 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 1 May 2020, 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, 30 April 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

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(1)  
  OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, p. 74.

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(2)  
  OJ L 191, 23.7.2009, p. 26.

2

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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