Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2017 of 3 February 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1765]
Date: 2017-02-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, biofuel, biomaterials, environmental protection, environmental standard, evaluation method, quality standard, reduction of gas emissions, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 31/2017
of 3 February 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1765]


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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 6as (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/887) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘6at.



32016 D 1361: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 33).










6au.



32016 D 1362: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 35).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1361 and (EU) 2016/1362 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 February 2017, 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 February 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 33.

(2)  
            OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 35.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.