Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 158/2012 of 28 September 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-09-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, labelling, product designation, revision of an agreement, textile product




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 158/2012
of 28 September 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)


Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 repeals Council Directive 73/44/EEC (2) and Directives 96/73/EC (3) and 2008/121/EC (4) of the European Parliament and of the Council which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the text of points 3 (Council Directive 73/44/EEC), 4a (Directive 96/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 4c (Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted;










(2)


the following point shall be inserted after point 4c (Directive 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘4d.



32011 R 1007: Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1).’.










Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 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 29 September 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, 28 September 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Atle LEIKVOLL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 83, 30.3.1973, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 32, 3.2.1997, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 19, 23.1.2009, p. 29.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.