Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 108/2017 of 13 June 2017 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/803]
Date: 2017-06-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, consumer information, eco-label, environmental impact, environmental standard, floor coverings, revision of an agreement, tourism, wood product




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 108/2017
of 13 June 2017
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/803]


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 Decision (EU) 2017/175 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for tourist accommodation (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Decision (EU) 2017/176 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Decision (EU) 2017/175 repeals Commission Decisions 2009/564/EC (3) and 2009/578/EC (4), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Decision (EU) 2017/176 repeals Commission Decision 2010/18/EC (5), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(5)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The text of point 2m (Commission Decision 2009/578/EC) is replaced by the following:

                              ‘
                              32017 D 0175: Commission Decision (EU) 2017/175 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for tourist accommodation (OJ L 28, 2.2.2017, p. 9).’
                           










2.


The text of point 2zb (Commission Decision 2010/18/EC) is replaced by the following:

                              ‘
                              32017 D 0176: Commission Decision (EU) 2017/176 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings (OJ L 28, 2.2.2017, p. 44).’
                           










3.


The text of point 2p (Commission Decision 2009/564/EC) is deleted.






Article 2
The texts of Decisions (EU) 2017/175 and (EU) 2017/176 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 14 June 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, 13 June 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 28, 2.2.2017, p. 9.

(2)  
            OJ L 28, 2.2.2017, p. 44.

(3)  
            OJ L 196, 28.7.2009, p. 36.

(4)  
            OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 57.

(5)  
            OJ L 8, 13.1.2010, p. 32.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.