Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 48/2006 of  28 April 2006  amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-04-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European standard, dangerous substance, eco-label, environmental protection, furniture industry, paints and varnishes, pulp and paper industry, textile industry

29.6.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 48/2006

of 28 April 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)

Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 36/2006 of
10 March 2006 (1).

Commission Decision 2002/739/EC of 3 September 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to indoor paints and varnishes and amending Decision
1999/10/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/740/EC of 3 September 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to bed mattresses and amending Decision 98/634/EC (3) is to
be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Decision 2002/741/EC of 4 September 2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for
the award of the Community eco-label to copying and graphic paper and amending Decision
1999/554/EC (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

The following points shall be inserted after point 2u (Commission Decision 2005/360/EC) of Annex XX to
the Agreement:

Article 1

‘2v. 32002 D 0739: Commission Decision 2002/739/EC of 3 September 2002 establishing revised
ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to indoor paints and varnishes and
amending Decision 1999/10/EC (OJ L 236, 4.9.2002, p. 4).

2w. 32002 D 0740: Commission Decision 2002/740/EC of 3 September 2002 establishing revised
ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to bed mattresses and amending
Decision 98/634/EC (OJ L 236, 4.9.2002, p. 10).

2x. 32002 D 0741: Commission Decision 2002/741/EC of 4 September 2002 establishing revised
ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to copying and graphic paper and
amending Decision 1999/554/EC (OJ L 237, 5.9.2002, p. 6).’

(1) OJ L 147, 1.6.2006, p. 55.
(2) OJ L 236, 4.9.2002, p. 4.
(3) OJ L 236, 4.9.2002, p. 10.
(4) OJ L 237, 5.9.2002, p. 6.

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Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2002/739/EC, 2002/740/EC and 2002/741/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 29 April 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article
103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

R. WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.