# L_2016341EN.01006601.xml

| 15.12.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 341/66 |
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15.12.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/66

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 167/2015

of 11 June 2015

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2202]

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) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 amending Decisions 2009/563/EC, 2009/564/EC, 2009/578/EC, 2010/18/EC, 2011/263/EU, 2011/264/EU, 2011/382/EU and 2011/383/EU in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel to certain products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Decision (EU) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 amending Decisions 2009/563/EC, 2009/564/EC, 2009/578/EC, 2010/18/EC, 2011/263/EU, 2011/264/EU, 2011/382/EU and 2011/383/EU in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel to certain products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

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 following indent is added in points 2e (Commission Decision 2011/264/EU), 2g (Commission Decision 2009/563/EC), 2h (Commission Decision 2011/263/EU), 2m (Commission Decision 2009/578/EC), 2p (Commission Decision 2009/564/EC) and 2zb (Commission Decision 2010/18/EC):






  ‘— | 32015 R 0345: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 (OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 39).’; |
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(1)

the following indent is added in points 2e (Commission Decision 2011/264/EU), 2g (Commission Decision 2009/563/EC), 2h (Commission Decision 2011/263/EU), 2m (Commission Decision 2009/578/EC), 2p (Commission Decision 2009/564/EC) and 2zb (Commission Decision 2010/18/EC):

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32015 R 0345: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 (OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 39).’;

| (2) | the following is added in points 2r (Commission Decision 2011/382/EU) and 2t (Commission Decision 2011/383/EU):






  ‘— | 32015 R 0345: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 (OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 39).’ |
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(2)

the following is added in points 2r (Commission Decision 2011/382/EU) and 2t (Commission Decision 2011/383/EU):

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32015 R 0345: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/345 of 2 March 2015 (OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 39).’

Article 2

The text of Decision (EU) 2015/345 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 12 June 2015, 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, 11 June 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 60, 4.3.2015, p. 39.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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