Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 8/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-02-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Economic Area, agricultural vehicle, approval, revision of an agreement, technical specification, tractor




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 8/2012
of 10 February 2012
         
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 126/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Directive 2010/22/EU of 15 March 2010 amending, for the purposes of their adaptation to technical progress, Council Directives 80/720/EEC, 86/298/EEC, 86/415/EEC and 87/402/EEC and Directives 2000/25/EC and 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Directive 2010/52/EU of 11 August 2010 amending, for the purposes of adaptation of their technical provisions, Council Directive 76/763/EEC relating to passenger seats for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors and Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain components and characteristics of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following indent shall be added in point 9 (Council Directive 76/763/EEC):






‘—



32010 L 0052: Commission Directive 2010/52/EU of 11 August 2010 (OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 37).’;














(2)


the following indent shall be added in points 18 (Council Directive 80/720/EEC), 20 (Council Directive 86/298/EEC), 21 (Council Directive 86/415/EEC), 22 (Council Directive 87/402/EEC), 28 (Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 29 (Directive 2000/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32010 L 0022: Commission Directive 2010/22/EU of 15 March 2010 (OJ L 91, 10.4.2010, p. 1).’;














(3)


the following shall be added in point 23 (Directive 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32010 L 0052: Commission Directive 2010/52/EU of 11 August 2010 (OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 37).’.










Article 2
The texts of Directives 2010/22/EU and 2010/52/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 February 2012, 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, 10 February 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 7.

(2)  
            OJ L 91, 10.4.2010, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 213, 13.8.2010, p. 37.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.