Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 145/2012 of 13 July 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-07-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, carrying capacity, measuring equipment, precision instrument, revision of an agreement, tanker, water supply, weights and measures




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8.11.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 309/30








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 145/2012
of 13 July 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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive 2011/17/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 repealing Council Directives 71/317/EEC, 71/347/EEC, 71/349/EEC, 74/148/EEC, 75/33/EEC, 76/765/EEC, 76/766/EEC and 86/217/EEC regarding metrology (1) repeals with effect from 1 July 2011 Council Directive 71/349/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Directive 2011/17/EU repeals with effect from 1 December 2015, Council Directives 71/317/EEC (3), 71/347/EEC (4), 74/148/EEC (5), 75/33/EEC (6), 76/765/EEC (7), 76/766/EEC (8) and 86/217/EEC (9), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 December 2015.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the text of point 7 (Council Directive 71/349/EEC) shall be deleted;










(2)


the text of points 2 (Council Directive 71/317/EEC), 5 (Council Directive 71/347/EEC), 10 (Council Directive 74/148/EEC), 11 (Council Directive 75/33/EEC), 17 (Council Directive 76/765/EEC), 18 (Council Directive 76/766/EEC) and 26 (Council Directive 86/217/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 December 2015.






Article 2
The text of Directive 2011/17/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 14 July 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 13 July 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Atle LEIKVOLL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 71, 18.3.2011, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 239, 25.10.1971, p. 15.

(3)  
            OJ L 202, 6.9.1971, p. 14.

(4)  
            OJ L 239, 25.10.1971, p. 1.

(5)  
            OJ L 84, 28.3.1974, p. 3.

(6)  
            OJ L 14, 20.1.1975, p. 1.

(7)  
            OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 143.

(8)  
            OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 149.

(9)  
            OJ L 152, 6.6.1986, p. 48.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.