Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2012 of 7 December 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-12-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, consumer information, energy consumption, energy saving, household electrical appliance, labelling, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 217/2012
of 7 December 2012
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) 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 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Directive 2010/30/EU repeals Council Directive 92/75/EEC (2) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annexes II and IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 4 (Council Directive 92/75/EEC) of Chapter IV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32010 L 0030: Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 1).’.


Article 2
The text of point 11 (Council Directive 92/75/EEC) of Annex IV to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32010 L 0030: Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 1) (3).

(3)  Listed here for information purposes only; for application see Annex II on Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.’."
                        


Article 3
The text of Directive 2010/30/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 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 8 December 2012 or on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement (*1), whichever is the later.


Article 5
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, 7 December 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Atle LEIKVOLL
            





(1)  
            OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 297, 13.10.1992, p. 16.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.