Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 8/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2044]
Date: 2018-02-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, approval, commercial vehicle, consumption, general mechanical engineering, motor car, motor vehicle pollution, pollution control measures, 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 8/2018
of 9 February 2018
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2044]


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) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards real-driving emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (2), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2022, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2022.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following is inserted after point 45zzu (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012):






‘45zzv.



32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1), as amended by:






—



32017 R 1154: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11.’;


















(2)


The following indent is added in points 45zu (Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008) and 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).’;














(3)


The following is added in point 45zzu (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).’;














(4)


The following indent is added in point 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32017 R 1154: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11.’;














(5)


The text of point 45zu (Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2022.






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/1151 and (EU) 2017/1154, as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11, 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.