EN Official Journal of the European Union L 262/30

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 73/2011

of 1 July 2011

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 33/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1).

(2) Commission Directive 2010/74/EU of 9 November 2010 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to extend the inclusion in Annex I thereto of the active substance carbon dioxide to product type 18 (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2010/571/EU of 24 September 2010 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications containing lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (3), as corrected by OJ L 254, 29.9.2010, p. 48, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2010/675/EU of 8 November 2010 concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the following indent shall be added in point 12n (Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32010 L 0074: Commission Directive 2010/74/EU of 9 November 2010 (OJ L 292, 10.11.2010, p. 36).’;

(2) the following indent shall be added in point 12q (Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32010 D 0571: Commission Decision 2010/571/EU of 24 September 2010 (OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 28), as corrected by OJ L 254, 29.9.2010, p. 48.’;

(3) the following point shall be inserted after point 12zx (Commission Decision 2010/226/EU): ‘12zy. 32010 D 0675: Commission Decision 2010/675/EU of 8 November 2010 concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 291, 9.11.2010, p. 47).’.

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2010/74/EU, and Decisions 2010/571/EU, as corrected by OJ L 254, 29.9.2010, p. 48, and 2010/675/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 2 July 2011, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (5).

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 July 2011. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Kurt JÄGER

(1) OJ L 171, 30.6.2011, p. 33.

(2) OJ L 292, 10.11.2010, p. 36.

(3) OJ L 251, 25.9.2010, p. 28.

(4) OJ L 291, 9.11.2010, p. 47.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.