# L_2022291EN.01006601.xml

| 10.11.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 291/66 |
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10.11.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 291/66

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 176/2019

of 14 June 2019

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2168]

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) 2019/70 of 11 January 2019 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for graphic paper and the EU Ecolabel criteria for tissue paper and tissue products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Decision (EU) 2019/70 of 11 January 2019 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for graphic paper and the EU Ecolabel criteria for tissue paper and tissue products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Decision (EU) 2019/70 repeals Commission Decisions 2009/568/EC (2), 2011/333/EU (3) and 2012/448/EU (4), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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) 2019/70 repeals Commission Decisions 2009/568/EC (2), 2011/333/EU (3) and 2012/448/EU (4), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 following point is inserted after point 2zq (Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1702):






  ‘2zr. | 32019 D 0070: Commission Decision (EU) 2019/70 of 11 January 2019 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for graphic paper and the EU Ecolabel criteria for tissue paper and tissue products (OJ L 15, 17.1.2019, p. 27).’ |
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1.

The following point is inserted after point 2zq (Commission Decision (EU) 2018/1702):

‘2zr.

32019 D 0070: Commission Decision (EU) 2019/70 of 11 January 2019 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for graphic paper and the EU Ecolabel criteria for tissue paper and tissue products (OJ L 15, 17.1.2019, p. 27).’

| 2. | The texts of points 2i (Commission Decision 2009/568/EC), 2x (Commission Decision 2011/333/EU) and 2ze (Commission Decision 2012/448/EU) are deleted. |
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2.

The texts of points 2i (Commission Decision 2009/568/EC), 2x (Commission Decision 2011/333/EU) and 2ze (Commission Decision 2012/448/EU) are deleted.

Article 2

The text of Decision (EU) 2019/70 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 14 June 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 15, 17.1.2019, p. 27.

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(2)  
  OJ L 197, 29.7.2009, p. 87.

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(3)  
  OJ L 149, 8.6.2011, p. 12.

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(4)  
  OJ L 202, 28.7.2012, p. 26.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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