# L_2012161EN.01002301.xml

| 21.6.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 161/23 |
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21.6.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/23

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 17/2012

of 10 February 2012

amending Annex IV (Energy) 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 IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 162/2011 of 19 December 2011 (1). |
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(1)

Annex IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 162/2011 of 19 December 2011 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of the Council (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement, has been repealed in the EU and should therefore be repealed under the Agreement, |
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(3)

Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of the Council (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement, has been repealed in the EU and should therefore be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex IV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the text of point 1 (Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of the Council) shall be deleted; |
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(1)

the text of point 1 (Regulation (EEC) No 1056/72 of the Council) shall be deleted;

| (2) | the following point shall be inserted after point 42 (Commission Decision 2009/548/EC):






  ‘43. | 32009 R 1222: Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46).’. |
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(2)

the following point shall be inserted after point 42 (Commission Decision 2009/548/EC):

‘43.

32009 R 1222: Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the labelling of tyres with respect to fuel efficiency and other essential parameters (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46).’.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1222/2009 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 11 February 2012, 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, 10 February 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 49.

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(2)  
  OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 46.

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(3)  
  OJ L 120, 25.5.1972, p. 7.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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