Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 67/2013 of 3 May 2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2013-05-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: EC conformity marking, European Economic Area, cadmium, electronic waste, environmental standard, hazardous waste, marketing standard, revision of an agreement, waste recycling




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 67/2013
of 3 May 2013
         
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 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Directive 2012/50/EU of 10 October 2012 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for applications containing lead (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Delegated Directive 2012/51/EU of 10 October 2012 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for applications containing cadmium (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Directive 2011/65/EU repeals Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(5)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 12q (Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

                  ‘
                  32011 L 0065: Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88), as amended by:






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32012 L 0050: Commission Delegated Directive 2012/50/EU of 10 October 2012 (OJ L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 16),










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32012 L 0051: Commission Delegated Directive 2012/51/EU of 10 October 2012 (OJ L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 18).’.






Article 2
The text of Directive 2011/65/EU and the texts of Delegated Directives 2012/50/EU and 2012/51/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 4 May 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 3 May 2013.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 174, 1.7.2011, p. 88.

(2)  
            OJ L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 16.

(3)  
            OJ L 348, 18.12.2012, p. 18.

(4)  
            OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.