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| 13.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 341/35 |
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13.12.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/35

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 181/2012

of 28 September 2012

amending Annex XIX (Consumer protection) to the EEA Agreement

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) | Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Directive 2011/83/EU repeals, with effect from 13 June 2014, Council Directive 85/577/EEC (2) and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 13 June 2014. |
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(2)

Directive 2011/83/EU repeals, with effect from 13 June 2014, Council Directive 85/577/EEC (2) and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 13 June 2014.

| (3) | Annex XIX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annex XIX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XIX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following point shall be inserted after point 7h (Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘7i. | 32011 L 0083: Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64).’; |
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(1)

the following point shall be inserted after point 7h (Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘7i.

| (2) | the following shall be added in points 7a (Council Directive 93/13/EEC) and 7e (Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32011 L 0083: Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64).’; |
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(2)

the following shall be added in points 7a (Council Directive 93/13/EEC) and 7e (Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32011 L 0083: Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64).’;

| (3) | the text of points 3 (Council Directive 85/577/EEC) and 3a (Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 13 June 2014. |
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(3)

the text of points 3 (Council Directive 85/577/EEC) and 3a (Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 13 June 2014.

Article 2

The text of Directive 2011/83/EU 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 29 September 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 28 September 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 64.

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(2)  
  OJ L 372, 31.12.1985, p. 31.

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(3)  
  OJ L 144, 4.6.1997, p. 19.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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