Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2011 of 1 April 2011 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-04-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, analytical chemistry, labelling, man-made fibre, quantitative analysis, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 12/2011
of 1 April 2011
         
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 82/2010 of 2 July 2010 (1).












(2)


Commission Directive 2009/122/EC of 14 September 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Annex II to Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain methods for quantitative analysis of binary textile fibre mixtures (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Council Directives 71/307/EEC (3), 72/276/EEC (4) and 75/36/EEC (5) have been repealed in the EU and are therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Recommendations 87/142/EEC (6) and 87/185/EEC (7) refer to obsolete acts and are therefore to be repealed under the Agreement,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



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






(1)


the text of points 1 (Council Directive 71/307/EEC), 2 (Council Directive 72/276/EEC), 4 (Council Directive 75/36/EEC), 5 (Commission Recommendation 87/142/EEC) and 6 (Commission Recommendation 87/185/EEC) shall be deleted;










(2)


the following indent shall be added in point 4a (Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32009 L 0122: Commission Directive 2009/122/EC of 14 September 2009 (OJ L 242, 15.9.2009, p. 14).’.










Article 2
The text of Directive 2009/122/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 1 May 2011, 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, 1 April 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 277, 21.10.2010, p. 36.

(2)  
            OJ L 242, 15.9.2009, p. 14.

(3)  
            OJ L 185, 16.8.1971, p. 16.

(4)  
            OJ L 173, 31.7.1972, p. 1.

(5)  
            OJ L 14, 20.1.1975, p. 15.

(6)  
            OJ L 57, 27.2.1987, p. 52.

(7)  
            OJ L 75, 17.3.1987, p. 28.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.