EN Official Journal of the European Union L 81/18

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 218/2012

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 1059/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household refrigerating appliances (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines (3), as corrected by OJ L 249, 27.9.2011, p. 21 and OJ L 297, 16.11.2011, p. 72, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of televisions (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1059/2010 repeals Commission Directive 97/17/EC (5) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(6) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 repeals Commission Directive 94/2/EC (6) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(7) Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 repeals Commission Directive 95/12/EC (7) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the text of points 4a (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), 4b (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and 4f (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) of Chapter IV is deleted;

(3) the text of Section 1 (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), Section 2 (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and Section 5 (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) of Appendix 1 is deleted;

(4) the text of Section 1 (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), Section 2 (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and Section 5 (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) of Appendix 2 is deleted.

Article 2

Annex IV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1) the text of points 11a (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), 11b (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and 11f (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) is deleted;

(3) the text of Section 1 (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), Section 2 (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and Section 5 (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) of Appendix 5 is deleted;

(4) the text of Section 1 (Commission Directive 94/2/EC), Section 2 (Commission Directive 95/12/EC) and Section 5 (Commission Directive 97/17/EC) of Appendix 6 is deleted.

Article 3

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1059/2010, (EU) No 1060/2010, (EU) No 1061/2010, as corrected by OJ L 249, 27.9.2011, p. 21 and OJ L 297, 16.11.2011, p. 72, and (EU) No 1062/2010 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 (9), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2012 of 7 December 2012 (10), 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 314, 30.11.2010, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 314, 30.11.2010, p. 17.

(3) OJ L 314, 30.11.2010, p. 47.

(4) OJ L 314, 30.11.2010, p. 64.

(5) OJ L 118, 7.5.1997, p. 1.

(6) OJ L 45, 17.2.1994, p. 1.

(7) OJ L 136, 21.6.1995, p. 1.

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

(9) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(10) See page 17 of this Official Journal.