Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 3/2008 of 1 February 2008 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, anti-pollution device, approximation of laws, commercial vehicle, motor vehicle, technical regulations, technological change, vehicle parts

12.6.2008

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 3/2008

of 1 February 2008

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)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 132/2007 of
26 October 2007 (1).

Commission Directive 2007/34/EC of 14 June 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to
technical progress, Council Directive 70/157/EEC concerning the permissible sound level and the
exhaust system of motor vehicles (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Directive 2007/35/EC of 18 June 2007 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to
technical progress, Council Directive 76/756/EEC concerning the installation of lighting and light-
signalling devices on motor vehicles and their trailers (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 706/2007 of 21 June 2007 laying down, pursuant to Directive
2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, administrative provisions for the EC type
approval of vehicles, and a harmonised test for measuring leakages from certain air-conditioning sys-
tems (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Directive 2007/37/EC of 21 June 2007 amending Annexes I and III to Council Directive
70/156/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type approval of
motor vehicles and their trailers (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Directive 2007/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 on the retrofit-
ting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community (6) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1)

the following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 70/156/EEC):

‘— 32007 L 0037: Commission Directive 2007/37/EC of 21 June 2007 (OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 60).’;

2)

the following indent shall be added in point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC):

‘— 32007 L 0034: Commission Directive 2007/34/EC of 14 June 2007 (OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 49).’;

(1) OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 155, 15.6.2007, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 14.
(4) OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 33.
(5) OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 60.
(6) OJ L 184, 14.7.2007, p. 25.

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3)

the text of adaptation (a) in point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC) shall be replaced by the following:

‘in Annex II, the following shall be added to point 4.2:

“IS for Iceland

FL for Liechtenstein

16 for Norway”.’;

4)

the following indent shall be added in point 21 (Council Directive 76/756/EEC):

‘— 32007 L 0035: Commission Directive 2007/35/EC of 18 June 2007 (OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 14).’;

5)

the following points shall be inserted after point 45zq (Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council):

‘45zr. 32007 R 0706: Commission Regulation (EC) No 706/2007 of 21 June 2007 laying down, pursu-
ant to Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, administrative pro-
visions for the EC type approval of vehicles, and a harmonised test for measuring leakages from
certain air-conditioning systems (OJ L 161, 22.6.2007, p. 33).

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

In Annex I, the following shall be added to part 3 point 1.1.1:

“IS for Iceland

FL for Liechtenstein

16 for Norway”.

45zs. 32007 L 0038: Directive 2007/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July
2007 on the retrofitting of mirrors to heavy goods vehicles registered in the Community (OJ L 184,
14.7.2007, p. 25).’

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 706/2007 and Directives 2007/34/EC, 2007/35/EC, 2007/37/EC
and 2007/38/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2008, 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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.