EN Official Journal of the European Union L 81/20

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 219/2012

of 7 December 2012

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) 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) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of air conditioners (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2013, Commission Directive 2002/31/EC (2) which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January 2013.

(3) Council Directive 79/531/EEC (3) and Council Directive 86/594/EEC (4), which are incorporated into the Agreement, have been repealed in the EU and should consequently be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(4) Annexes II and IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1) the text of points 2 (Council Directive 79/531/EEC) and 3 (Council Directive 86/594/EEC) of Chapter IV is deleted;

(2) the text of point 4h (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of Chapter IV shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January 2013;

(3) the following point is inserted after point 4l (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010) of Chapter IV: ‘4m. 32011 R 0626: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of air conditioners (OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1).’;

(4) the text of Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of Appendix 1 and Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of Appendix 2 shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January 2013.

Article 2

Annex IV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1) the text of point 11h (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January 2013;

(2) the following point is inserted after point 11l (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010): ‘11m. 32011 R 0626: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of air conditioners (OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1) (5).

(3) the text of Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of Appendix 5 and Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of Appendix 6 shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January 2013.

Article 3

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 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 8 December 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (6), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2012 of 7 December 2012 (7), whichever is the later.

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, 7 December 2012. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 26.

(3) OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 7.

(4) OJ L 344, 6.12.1986, p. 24.

(5) Listed here for information purposes only; for application see Annex II on Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.’;

(6) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(7) See page 17 of this Official Journal.