EN Official Journal of the European Union L 154/17

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 9/2008

of 1 February 2008

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 84/2006 of 7 July 2006 (1).

(2) Commission Decision 2003/43/EC of 17 January 2003 establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products (2), as corrected by OJ L 33, 8.2.2003, p. 44, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2003/593/EC of 7 August 2003 amending Decision 2003/43/EC establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance of certain construction products (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2006/190/EC of 1 March 2006 amending Decision 97/808/EC on the procedure for attesting the conformity of construction products pursuant to Article 20(2) of Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards floorings (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) Commission Decision 2006/213/EC of 6 March 2006 establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products as regards wood flooring and solid wood panelling and cladding (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(6) Commission Decision 2006/600/EC of 4 September 2006 establishing the classes of external fire performance for certain construction products as regards double-skin metal-faced sandwich panels for roofs (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(7) Commission Decision 2006/673/EC of 5 October 2006 amending Decision 2003/43/EC establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products as regards gypsum plasterboards (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(8) Commission Decision 2006/751/EC of 27 October 2006 amending Decision 2000/147/EC implementing Council Directive 89/106/EEC as regards the classification of the reaction-to-fire performance of construction products (8) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(9) Commission Decision 2007/348/EC of 15 May 2007 amending Decision 2003/43/EC establishing the classes of reaction-to-fire performance for certain construction products as regards wood-based panels (9) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1) the following shall be added in the 23rd indent (Commission Decision 97/808/EC) of point 1 (Council Directive 89/106/EEC): ‘, as amended by: — 32006 D 0190: Commission Decision 2006/190/EC of 1 March 2006 (OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 47).’;

2) the following indent shall be added in the 66th indent (Commission Decision 2000/147/EC) of point 1 (Council Directive 89/106/EEC): ‘— 32006 D 0751: Commission Decision 2006/751/EC of 27 October 2006 (OJ L 305, 4.11.2006, p. 8).’;

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2003/43/EC, as corrected by OJ L 33, 8.2.2003, p. 44, 2003/593/EC, 2006/190/EC, 2006/213/EC, 2006/600/EC, 2006/673/EC, 2006/751/EC and 2007/348/EC 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 2 February 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (10).

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, 1 February 2008. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 289, 19.10.2006, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 13, 18.1.2003, p. 35.

(3) OJ L 201, 8.8.2003, p. 25.

(4) OJ L 66, 8.3.2006, p. 47.

(5) OJ L 79, 16.3.2006, p. 27.

(6) OJ L 244, 7.9.2006, p. 24.

(7) OJ L 276, 7.10.2006, p. 77.

(8) OJ L 305, 4.11.2006, p. 8.

(9) OJ L 131, 23.5.2007, p. 21.

(10) No constitutional requirements indicated.