# L_2008100EN.01006801.xml

| 10.4.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 100/68 |
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10.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 100/68

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 141/2007

of 26 October 2007

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 109/2007 of 28 September 2007 (1). |
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(1)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 109/2007 of 28 September 2007 (1).

| (2) | Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (2), as corrected by OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 58, is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (2), as corrected by OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 58, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Directive 2006/66/EC repeals, with effect from 26 September 2008, Council Directive 91/157/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 26 September 2008, |
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(3)

Directive 2006/66/EC repeals, with effect from 26 September 2008, Council Directive 91/157/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 26 September 2008,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following point shall be inserted after point 12w (Commission Regulation (EC) No 850/2004):






  ‘12x. | 32006 L 0066: Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (OJ L 266, 29.9.2006, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 58.’ |
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1.

The following point shall be inserted after point 12w (Commission Regulation (EC) No 850/2004):

‘12x.

| 2. | The text of point 11 (Council Directive 91/157/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 26 September 2008. |
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2.

The text of point 11 (Council Directive 91/157/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 26 September 2008.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2006/66/EC, as corrected by OJ L 311, 10.11.2006, p. 58, 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 27 October 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 26 October 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 47, 21.2.2008, p. 29.

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(2)  
  OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 38.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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