Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 57/2011 of 20 May 2011 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-05-20
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, chemical product, environmental standard, pollution control, quality of the environment, revision of an agreement, surface water, water pollution, water protection




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28.7.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 196/39








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 57/2011
of 20 May 2011
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 43/2011 of 1 April 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Decision 2005/646/EC of 17 August 2005 on the establishment of a register of sites to form the intercalibration network in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Directive 2008/105/EC repeals, with effect from 22 December 2012, Council Directives 82/176/EEC (5), 83/513/EEC (6), 84/156/EEC (7), 84/491/EEC (8) and 86/280/EEC (9), which are incorporated into the Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the Agreement with effect from 22 December 2012,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following shall be added in points 8 (Council Directive 82/176/EEC), 9 (Council Directive 83/513/EEC), 10 (Council Directive 84/156/EEC) and 11 (Council Directive 84/491/EEC):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32008 L 0105: Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).’;














(2)


the following indent shall be added in points 12 (Council Directive 86/280/EEC) and 13ca (Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32008 L 0105: Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).’;














(3)


the following points shall be inserted after point 13cab (Commission Decision 2008/915/EC):






‘13cac.



32005 D 0646: Commission Decision 2005/646/EC of 17 August 2005 on the establishment of a register of sites to form the intercalibration network in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 243, 19.9.2005, p. 1).










13cad.



32008 L 0105: Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84).










13cae.



32009 L 0090: Commission Directive 2009/90/EC of 31 July 2009 laying down, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, technical specifications for chemical analysis and monitoring of water status (OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 36).’;














(4)


the text of points 8 (Council Directive 82/176/EEC), 9 (Council Directive 83/513/EEC), 10 (Council Directive 84/156/EEC), 11 (Council Directive 84/491/EEC) and 12 (Council Directive 86/280/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 22 December 2012.






Article 2
The texts of Decision 2005/646/EC and Directives 2008/105/EC and 2009/90/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 21 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, 20 May 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 171, 30.6.2011, p. 44.

(2)  
            OJ L 243, 19.9.2005, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 84.

(4)  
            OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 36.

(5)  
            OJ L 81, 27.3.1982, p. 29.

(6)  
            OJ L 291, 24.10.1983, p. 1.

(7)  
            OJ L 74, 17.3.1984, p. 49.

(8)  
            OJ L 274, 17.10.1984, p. 11.

(9)  
            OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 16.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.