# L_2022175EN.01003501.xml

| 30.6.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 175/35 |
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30.6.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 21/2022

of 4 February 2022

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1069]

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) 2021/1870 of 22 October 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1870 of 22 October 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1871 of 22 October 2021 amending Decision 2014/312/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1871 of 22 October 2021 amending Decision 2014/312/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Decision (EU) 2021/1870 repeals Commission Decision 2014/893/EU (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Decision (EU) 2021/1870 repeals Commission Decision 2014/893/EU (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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 point 2v (Commission Decision 2014/312/EU):






  ‘— | 32021 D 1871: Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1871 of 22 October 2021 (OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 49).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 2v (Commission Decision 2014/312/EU):

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32021 D 1871: Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1871 of 22 October 2021 (OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 49).’

| 2. | The text of point 2y (Commission Decision 2014/893/EU) is replaced by the following: | ‘
  32021 D 1870: Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1870 of 22 October 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 8).’ |
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2.

The text of point 2y (Commission Decision 2014/893/EU) is replaced by the following:

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  32021 D 1870: Commission Decision (EU) 2021/1870 of 22 October 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for cosmetic products and animal care products (OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 8).’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions (EU) 2021/1870 and (EU) 2021/1871 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 5 February 2022, 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, 4 February 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 8.

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(2)  
  OJ L 379, 26.10.2021, p. 49.

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(3)  Commission Decision 2014/893/EU of 9 December 2014 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for rinse-off cosmetic products (OJ L 354, 11.12.2014, p. 47).

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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