EN Official Journal of the European Union L 93/15

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 9/2015

of 25 February 2015

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/497]

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) Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2016, Council Directive 76/432/EEC (2), Council Directive 76/763/EEC (3), Council Directive 77/537/EEC (4), Council Directive 78/764/EEC (5), Council Directive 80/720/EEC (6), Council Directive 86/297/EEC (7), Council Directive 86/298/EEC (8), Council Directive 86/415/EEC (9), Council Directive 87/402/EEC (10), Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (12), Directive 2009/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (13), Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (14), Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (15), Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (16), Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (17), Directive 2009/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (18), Directive 2009/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (19), Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (20), Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (21), Directive 2009/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (22), Directive 2009/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (23) and Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (24), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2016.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the following point is inserted after point 39 (Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘40. 32013 R 0167: Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1).’;

(2) the texts of points 8 (Council Directive 76/432/EEC), 9 (Council Directive 76/763/EEC), 11 (Directive 2009/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 12 (Council Directive 77/537/EEC), 13 (Council Directive 78/764/EEC), 17 (Directive 2009/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 18 (Council Directive 80/720/EEC), 19 (Council Directive 86/297/EEC), 20 (Council Directive 86/298/EEC), 21 (Council Directive 86/415/EEC), 22 (Council Directive 87/402/EEC), 23 (Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 28 (Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 29 (Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 31 (Directive 2009/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 32 (Directive 2009/63/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 33 (Directive 2009/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 34 (Directive 2009/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 35 (Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 36 (Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 37 (Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 38 (Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 39 (Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2016.

Article 2

The following indent is added in point 1c (Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘— 32013 R 0167: Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 February 2013 (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1).’

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 February 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

Article 5

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, 25 February 2015. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 122, 8.5.1976, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 135.

(4) OJ L 220, 29.8.1977, p. 38.

(5) OJ L 255, 18.9.1978, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 194, 28.7.1980, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 186, 8.7.1986, p. 19.

(8) OJ L 186, 8.7.1986, p. 26.

(9) OJ L 240, 26.8.1986, p. 1.

(10) OJ L 220, 8.8.1987, p. 1.

(11) OJ L 173, 12.7.2000, p. 1.

(12) OJ L 171, 9.7.2003, p. 1.

(13) OJ L 261, 3.10.2009, p. 1.

(14) OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 4.

(15) OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 9.

(16) OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 15.

(17) OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 19.

(18) OJ L 214, 19.8.2009, p. 23.

(19) OJ L 216, 20.8.2009, p. 1.

(20) OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 11.

(21) OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 52.

(22) OJ L 261, 3.10.2009, p. 40.

(23) OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 18.

(24) OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 33.

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.