Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 66/2010 of 11 June 2010 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-06-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: approximation of laws, cadmium, dangerous substance, electronic equipment, lead, marketing standard, mercury




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 66/2010
of 11 June 2010
         
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 46/2010 of 30 April 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 551/2009 of 25 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents, in order to adapt Annexes V and VI thereto (surfactant derogation) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2009/428/EC of 4 June 2009 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the exemption for an application of lead as impurity in RIG Faraday rotators used for fibre optic communication systems (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Decision 2009/443/EC of 10 June 2009 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead, cadmium and mercury (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


the following indents shall be added in point 12q (Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32009 D 0428: Commission Decision 2009/428/EC of 4 June 2009 (OJ L 139, 5.6.2009, p. 32),










—



32009 D 0443: Commission Decision 2009/443/EC of 10 June 2009 (OJ L 148, 11.6.2009, p. 27).’;














2.


the following indent shall be added in point 12u (Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32009 R 0551: Commission Regulation (EC) No 551/2009 of 25 June 2009 (OJ L 164, 26.6.2009, p. 3).’.










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EC) No 551/2009 and Decisions 2009/428/EC and 2009/443/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 12 June 2010, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).


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.




Done at Brussels, 11 June 2010.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Alan SEATTER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 181, 15.7.2010, p. 14.

(2)  
            OJ L 164, 26.6.2009, p. 3.

(3)  
            OJ L 139, 5.6.2009, p. 32.

(4)  
            OJ L 148, 11.6.2009, p. 27.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.