Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2006 of  27 January 2006  amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-01-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EU environmental policy, eco-label

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 12/2006

of 27 January 2006

amending Annex XX (Environment) 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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 107/2005 of
8 July 2005 (1).

Commission Decision 2005/338/EC of 14 April 2005 establishing the ecological criteria for the
award of the Community eco-label to campsite service (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/341/EC of 11 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the related
assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to personal
computers (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/342/EC of 23 March 2005 establishing revised ecological criteria for the
award of the Community eco-label to hand dishwashing detergents (4) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/343/EC of 11 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the related
assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to portable
computers (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/344/EC of 23 March 2005 establishing ecological criteria for the award
of the Community eco-label to all-purpose cleaners and cleaners for sanitary facilities (6) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 amending Decisions 2000/45/EC,
2001/405/EC, 2001/688/EC, 2002/255/EC and 2002/747/EC in order to prolong the validity of
the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to certain products (7) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2005/360/EC of 26 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the related
assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to lubricants (8)
is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(1) OJ L 306, 24.11.2005, p. 45.
(2) OJ L 108, 29.4.2005, p. 67.
(3) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 9.
(5) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 35.
(6) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 42.
(7) OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20.
(8) OJ L 118, 5.5.2005, p. 26.

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(9)

Commission Decision 2002/747/EC of 9 September 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to light bulbs and amending Decision 1999/568/EC (9) is to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

(10) Decision 2005/341/EC repeals Commission Decision 2001/686/EC (10), which is incorporated into

the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(11) Decision 2005/342/EC repeals Commission Decision 2001/607/EC (11), which is incorporated into

the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(12) Decision 2005/343/EC repeals Commission Decision 2001/687/EC (12), which is incorporated into

the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(13)

1999/10/EC (16),
Commission Decisions
96/304/EC (17),
and
1999/179/EC (22), which are incorporated into the Agreement, are no longer in force and should
therefore be deleted from the Agreement.

1999/568/EC (15),

1999/554/EC (19),

2000/40/EC (20),

96/337/EC (18),

94/925/EC (14),

94/924/EC (13),

98/634/EC (21)

(14) Upon the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2003 (23) Council

Directive 90/313/EEC (24) is to be deleted from the Agreement.

(15)

Chapter I of Annex XX to the Agreement should be renumbered due to the fact that the numbering
system is reaching its limits.

(16)

It is appropriate to restructure Chapter I of Annex XX to the Agreement and group all acts
concerning eco-labels under a sub-heading thereto,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The text of Chapter I of Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as specified in the Annex to this
Decision.

Article 1

Council Directive 90/313/EEC shall be deleted from the Agreement as soon as Decision of the EEA Joint
Committee No 123/2003 enters into force.

Article 2

(9) OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 44.
(10) OJ L 334, 18.12.2001, p. 35.
(11) OJ L 334, 18.12.2001, p. 34.
(12) OJ L 242, 12.9.2001, p. 11.
(13) OJ L 364, 31.12.1994, p. 24.
(14) OJ L 364, 31.12.1994, p. 32.
(15) OJ L 216, 14.8.1999, p. 18.
(16) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 77.
(17) OJ L 116, 11.5.1996, p. 30.
(18) OJ L 128, 29.5.1996, p. 24.
(19) OJ L 210, 10.8.1999, p. 16.
(20) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 22.
(21) OJ L 302, 12.11.1998, p. 31.
(22) OJ L 57, 5.3.1999, p. 31.
(23) OJ L 331, 18.12.2003, p. 50.
(24) OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, p. 56.

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texts of Decisions 2005/338/EC, 2005/341/EC, 2005/342/EC, 2005/343/EC, 2005/344/EC,
to be

The
2005/384/EC, 2005/360/EC and 2002/747/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages,
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 28 January 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

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.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 27 January 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.

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The text of Chapter I of Annex XX to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

ANNEX

‘1a.

385 L 0337: Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public
and private projects on the environment (OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40), as amended by:
— 397 L 0011: Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997 (OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5).

1b.

32003 L 0004: Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on
public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003,
p. 26).

1ba. 390 L 0313: Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on freedom of access to information on the

environment (OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, p. 56).

1c.

391 L 0692: Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on
the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

The provisions of the Directive shall,
adaptation:

for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following

The provisions of this Directive apply only to Directives included in the EEA Agreement.

Liechtenstein shall put into effect the measures necessary to comply with this Directive as from 1 July 1996.

1ca. 394 D 0741: Commission Decision 94/741/EC of 24 October 1994 concerning questionnaires for Member
State’s reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (implementation of Council
Directive 91/692/EEC) (OJ L 296, 17.11.1994, p. 42).

1cb. 397 D 0622: Commission Decision 97/622/EC of 27 May 1997 concerning questionnaires for Member States
reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (implementation of Council Directive
91/692/EEC) (OJ L 256, 19.9.1997, p. 13).

1d.

396 D 0511: Commission Decision 96/511/EC of 29 July 1996 concerning the questionnaires provided for in
Council Directives 80/779/EEC, 82/884/EEC, 84/360/EEC and 85/203/EEC (OJ L 213, 22.8.1996, p. 16).

1e.

393 R 1836: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 allowing voluntary participation by
companies in the industrial sector in the Community eco-management and audit scheme (OJ L 168,
10.7.1993, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 247, 5.10.1993, p. 28.

1ea. 32001 R 0761: Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March
2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme
(EMAS) (OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1), as amended by:

— 1 03 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the
adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ
L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following
adaptations:

(a) The following shall be added to the list of national standard bodies in point A of Annex I:

“IS:

N:

IST (Staðlaráð Íslands)

NSF (Norges Standardiseringsforbund)”

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(b) The following shall be added to the table in paragraph 2 of Annex IV:

“Icelandic:
Norwegian:

“Sannprófuð umhverfisstjórnun”
“Kontrollert miljøledelsessystem”

“Fullgiltar upplýsingar”
“Bekreftet informasjon” ”

1eaa. 32001 D 0681: Commission Decision 2001/681/EC of 7 September 2001 on guidance for the implemen-
tation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary
(OJ L 247,
participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
17.9.2001, p. 24).

1f.

396 L 0061: Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention
and control (OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26).

The transitional arrangements set out in the Annexes to the Act of Accession of 16 April 2003 for Latvia
(Annex VIII, Chapter 10, Section D, point 2), Poland (Annex XII, Chapter 13, Section D, point 1), Slovenia
(Annex XIII, Chapter 9, Section C) and Slovakia (Annex XIV, Chapter 9, Section D, point 2) shall apply.

1fa. 32000 D 0479: Commission Decision 2000/479/EC of 17 July 2000 on the implementation of a European
pollutant emission register (EPER) according to Article 15 of Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning inte-
grated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (OJ L 192, 28.7.2000, p. 36).

1fb. 399 D 0391: Commission Decision 1999/391/EC of 31 May 1999 concerning the questionnaire relating to
Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (implementation of
Council Directive 91/692/EEC) (OJ L 148, 15.6.1999, p. 39), as amended by:

— 32003 D 0241: Commission Decision 2003/241/EC of 26 March 2003 (OJ L 89, 5.4.2003, p. 17).

1g.

32001 L 0042: Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the
assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).

The provisions of the Directive shall,
adaptations:

for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following

(a) Article 3(2)(b) of the Directive shall not apply.

(b) The words “, such as areas designated pursuant to Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC” shall be deleted

from point d of Annex I (Information referred to in Article 5(1)) to the Directive.

2a.

32000 R 1980: Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July
2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme (OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1).

Eco-Labels

2aa. 394 D 0010: Commission Decision 94/10/EC of 21 December 1993 on a standard summary form for the

notification of a decision to award the Community eco-label (OJ L 7, 11.1.1994, p. 17).

2ab. 32000 D 0728: Commission Decision 2000/728/EC of 10 November 2000 establishing the application and

annual fees of the Community Eco-label (OJ L 293, 22.11.2000, p. 18).

2ac. 32000 D 0729: Commission Decision 2000/729/EC of 10 November 2000 on a standard contract covering

the terms of use of the Community Eco-label (OJ L 293, 22.11.2000, p. 20).

2ad. 32000 D 0730: Commission Decision 2000/730/EC of 10 November 2000 establishing the European Union

Eco-labelling Board and its rules of procedure (OJ L 293, 22.11.2000, p. 24).

2ae. 32000 D 0731: Commission Decision 2000/731/EC of 10 November 2000 establishing the rules of
procedure of the Consultation Forum of the revised Community Eco-label Scheme (OJ L 293, 22.11.2000,
p. 31).

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2b.

32000 D 0045: Commission Decision 2000/45/EC of 17 December 1999 establishing the ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to washing machines (OJ L 16, 21.1.2000, p. 73), as amended by:

— 32003 D 0240: Commission Decision 2003/240/EC of 24 March 2003 (OJ L 89, 5.4.2003, p. 16),

— 32005 D 0384: Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 (OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20).

2c.

32001 D 0689: Commission Decision 2001/689/EC of 28 August 2001 establishing the ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to dishwashers (OJ L 242, 12.9.2001, p. 23).

2d.

32001 D 0688: Commission Decision 2001/688/EC of 28 August 2001 establishing ecological criteria for
the award for the Community eco-label to soil improvers and growing media (OJ L 242, 12.9.2001, p. 17), as
amended by:

— 32005 D 0384: Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 (OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20).

2e.

2f.

2g.

2h.

32003 D 0200: Commission Decision 2003/200/EC of 14 February 2003 establishing revised ecological
criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to laundry detergents and amending Decision 1999/476/EC
(OJ L 76, 22.3.2003, p. 25).

32002 D 0371: Commission Decision 2002/371/EC of 15 May 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to textile products and amending Decision 1999/178/EC (OJ L 133,
18.5.2002, p. 29).

32002 D 0231: Commission Decision 2002/231/EC of 18 March 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to footwear and amending Decision 1999/179/EC (OJ L 77,
20.3.2002, p. 50).

32003 D 0031: Commission Decision 2003/31/EC of 29 November 2002 establishing revised ecological
criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to detergents for dishwashers and amending Decision
1999/427/EC (OJ L 9, 15.1.2003, p. 11).

2i.

32001 D 0405: Commission Decision 2001/405/EC of 4 May 2001 establishing the ecological criteria for the
award of the Community eco-label to tissue paper products (OJ L 142, 29.5.2001, p. 10), as amended by:

— 32005 D 0384: Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 (OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20).

2j.

32002 D 0255: Commission Decision 2002/255/EC of 25 March 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to televisions (OJ L 87, 4.4.2002, p. 53), as amended by:

— 32005 D 0384: Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 (OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20).

2k.

32002 D 0272: Commission Decision 2002/272/EC of 25 March 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to hard floor-coverings (OJ L 94, 11.4.2002, p. 13).

2l.

32003 D 0121: Commission Decision 2003/121/EC of 11 February 2003 establishing the ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to vacuum cleaners (OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 56).

2m. 32003 D 0287: Commission Decision 2003/287/EC of 14 April 2003 establishing the ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to tourist accommodation service (OJ L 102, 24.4.2003, p. 82).

2n.

32004 D 0669: Commission Decision 2004/669/EC of 6 April 2004 establishing revised ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to refrigerators and amending Decision 2000/40/EC (OJ L 306,
2.10.2004, p. 16).

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2o.

32002 D 0747: Commission Decision 2002/747/EC of 9 September 2002 establishing revised ecological
criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to light bulbs and amending Decision 1999/568/EC
(OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 44), as amended by:

— 32005 D 0384: Commission Decision 2005/384/EC of 12 May 2005 (OJ L 127, 20.5.2005, p. 20).

2p.

2q.

2r.

2s.

2t.

2u.

32005 D 0338: Commission Decision 2005/338/EC of 14 April 2005 establishing the ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to campsite service (OJ L 108, 29.4.2005, p. 67).

32005 D 0341: Commission Decision 2005/341/EC of 11 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the
related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to personal
computers (OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 1).

32005 D 0342: Commission Decision 2005/342/EC of 23 March 2005 establishing revised ecological criteria
for the award of the Community eco-label to hand dishwashing detergents (OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 9).

32005 D 0343: Commission Decision 2005/343/EC of 11 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the
related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to portable
computers (OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 35).

32005 D 0344: Commission Decision 2005/344/EC of 23 March 2005 establishing ecological criteria for the
award of the Community eco-label to all-purpose cleaners and cleaners for sanitary facilities (OJ L 115,
4.5.2005, p. 42).

32005 D 0360: Commission Decision 2005/360/EC of 26 April 2005 establishing ecological criteria and the
related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to lubricants
(OJ L 118, 5.5.2005, p. 26).’