Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 42/2012 of 30 March 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-03-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, agricultural vehicle, approval, revision of an agreement, technical specification, tractor, vehicle parts




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 42/2012
of 30 March 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 8/2012 of 10 February 2012 (1).












(2)


Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(6)


Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the component type-approval of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(7)


Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 amending, for the purpose of adapting their technical provisions, Council Directives 80/720/EEC and 86/297/EEC and Directives 2003/37/EC, 2009/60/EC and 2009/144/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the type-approval of agricultural or forestry tractors (7) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(8)


Directive 2009/58/EC repeals Council Directive 79/533/EEC (8) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(9)


Directive 2009/59/EC repeals Council Directive 74/346/EEC (9) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(10)


Directive 2009/60/EC repeals Council Directive 74/152/EEC (10) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(11)


Directive 2009/61/EC repeals Council Directive 78/933/EEC (11) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.












(12)


Directive 2009/68/EC repeals Council Directive 79/532/EEC (12) which is incorporated in the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the text of points 3 (Council Directive 74/152/EEC), 4 (Council Directive 74/346/EEC), 14 (Council Directive 78/933/EEC), 15 (Council Directive 79/532/EEC) and 16 (Council Directive 79/533/EEC) shall be deleted;










(2)


the following indent shall be added in points 18 (Council Directive 80/720/EEC), 19 (Council Directive 86/297/EEC) and 28 (Directive 2003/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32010 L 0062: Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 (OJ L 238, 9.9.2010, p. 7).’;














(3)


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






‘—



32010 L 0062: Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 (OJ L 238, 9.9.2010, p. 7).’;














(4)


the following points shall be inserted after point 34 (Directive 2009/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘35.



32009 L 0058: Directive 2009/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coupling device and the reverse of wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 4).










36.



32009 L 0059: Directive 2009/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on rear-view mirrors for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 9).










37.



32009 L 0060: Directive 2009/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the maximum design speed of and load platforms for wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 15), as amended by:






—



32010 L 0062: Commission Directive 2010/62/EU of 8 September 2010 (OJ L 238, 9.9.2010, p. 7).














38.



32009 L 0061: Directive 2009/61/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 relating to the installation of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural and forestry tractors (OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 19).










39.



32009 L 0068: Directive 2009/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the component type-approval of lighting and light-signalling devices on wheeled agricultural or forestry tractors (OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 52).’.










Article 2
The texts of Directives 2009/58/EC, 2009/59/EC, 2009/60/EC, 2009/61/EC, 2009/68/EC and 2010/62/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 1 May 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, 30 March 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 161, 21.6.2012, p. 14.

(2)  
            OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 4.

(3)  
            OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 9.

(4)  
            OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 15.

(5)  
            OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 19.

(6)  
            OJ L 203, 5.8.2009, p. 52.

(7)  
            OJ L 238, 9.9.2010, p. 7.

(8)  
            OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 20.

(9)  
            OJ L 191, 15.7.1974, p. 1.

(10)  
            OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 33.

(11)  
            OJ L 325, 20.11.1978, p. 16.

(12)  
            OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 16.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.