Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 313/2015 of 11 December 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1824]
Date: 2015-12-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, eco-label, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy saving, labelling, lighting equipment, revision of an agreement, technical specification




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 313/2015
of 11 December 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1824]


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)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps and Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for fluorescent lamps without integrated ballast, for high intensity discharge lamps, and for ballasts and luminaires able to operate such lamps and repealing Directive 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012 with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following is added in points 6g (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012) and 11 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32015 R 1428: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 (OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 1).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in point 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009):






‘—



32015 R 1428: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 (OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 1).’










Article 2
Annex IV to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following is added in point 26h (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32015 R 1428: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 (OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 1).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in points 33 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009) and 34 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009):






‘—



32015 R 1428: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 of 25 August 2015 (OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 1).’










Article 3
The text of Regulation (EU) 2015/1428 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 12 December 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


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, 11 December 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda SLETNES
            





(1)  
            OJ L 224, 27.8.2015, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.