# L_2012309EN.01001701.xml

| 8.11.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 309/17 |
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8.11.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/17

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 136/2012

of 13 July 2012

amending Annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2012 of 15 June 2012 (1). |
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(1)

Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2012 of 15 June 2012 (1).

| (2) | Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 repeals Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC (4) and 2006/193/EC (5), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 repeals Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC (4) and 2006/193/EC (5), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the text of point 1ea (Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be replaced by the following:

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  32009 R 1221: Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1).’; |
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(1)

the text of point 1ea (Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be replaced by the following:

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  32009 R 1221: Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1).’;

| (2) | the text of points 1eaa (Commission Decision 2001/681/EC) and 1eab (Commission Decision 2006/193/EC) shall be deleted. |
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(2)

the text of points 1eaa (Commission Decision 2001/681/EC) and 1eab (Commission Decision 2006/193/EC) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 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 14 July 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, 13 July 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 270, 4.10.2012, p. 40.

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(2)  
  OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

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(3)  
  OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1.

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(4)  
  OJ L 247, 17.9.2001, p. 24.

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(5)  
  OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 63.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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