Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2007 of 6 July 2007 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2007-07-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, codification of EU law, electrical equipment, harmonisation of standards, safety standard, technical standard

13.12.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 328/13

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 76/2007

of 6 July 2007

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 3/2006 of

27 January 2006 (1).

(2) Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the
harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within
certain voltage limits (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Directive 2006/95/EC repeals Council Directive 73/23/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement

and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(4) A number of Commission Communications on the application of Directive 73/23/EEC have also become

redundant and are consequently to be deleted from the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1.

the following point shall be inserted after point 7c (Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council):

‘7d. 32006 L 0095: Directive 2006/95/EC of

the Council of
12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical
equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10).’;

the European Parliament and of

2.

the
the text of points 1 (Council Directive 73/23/EEC), 8 (C/184/79/p. 1: Communication of
Commission), 9 (C/107/80/p. 2: Communication of the Commission), 10 (C/199/80/p. 2: Third
Communication of the Commission), 11 (C/59/82/p. 2: Commission Communication), 12 (C/235/84/
p. 2: Fourth Communication of the Commission), 13 (C/166/85/p. 7: Fifth Commission Communica-
tion), 14 (C/168/88/p. 5: Commission Communication), 24 (C/210/92/p.1: Commission Communica-
tion) and 25 (C/18/93/p.4: Commission Communication) shall be deleted.

The texts of Directive 2006/95/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 2

(1) OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 22.
(2) OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 77, 26.3.1973, p. 29.

L 328/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

13.12.2007

This Decision shall enter into force on 7 July 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of
the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

Article 3

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, 6 July 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.