Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2010 of 10 November 2010 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2010-11-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European standard, consumer goods, fire protection, manufactured goods, product safety, safety standard, tobacco industry




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 117/2010
of 10 November 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 138/2009 of 4 December 2009 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2007/231/EC of 12 April 2007 amending Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Decision 2008/322/EC of 18 April 2008 prolonging the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Decision 2009/298/EC of 26 March 2009 prolonging the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Commission Decision 2010/157/EU of 12 March 2010 prolonging the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following shall be added in point 3k (Commission Decision 2006/502/EC) of Chapter XIX of Annex II to the Agreement:

                  ‘, as amended by:






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32007 D 0231: Commission Decision 2007/231/EC of 12 April 2007 (OJ L 99, 14.4.2007, p. 16),










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32008 D 0322: Commission Decision 2008/322/EC of 18 April 2008 (OJ L 109, 19.4.2008, p. 40),










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32009 D 0298: Commission Decision 2009/298/EC of 26 March 2009 (OJ L 81, 27.3.2009, p. 23),










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32010 D 0157: Commission Decision 2010/157/EU of 12 March 2010 (OJ L 67, 17.3.2010, p. 9).’
                     






Article 2
The texts of Decisions 2007/231/EC, 2008/322/EC, 2009/298/EC and 2010/157/EU 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 11 November 2010, provided that all the notifications pursuant to 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, 10 November 2010.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 62, 11.3.2010, p. 31.

(2)  
            OJ L 99, 14.4.2007, p. 16.

(3)  
            OJ L 109, 19.4.2008, p. 40.

(4)  
            OJ L 81, 27.3.2009, p. 23.

(5)  
            OJ L 67, 17.3.2010, p. 9.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.