Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2020 of 12 June 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/525]
Date: 2020-06-12
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, cadmium, cold store, electronics industry, engine, lead, market approval, medical device, recording equipment, revision of an agreement, technological change




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 76/2020
of 12 June 2020
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/525]


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 Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/360 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for certain conductivity measurements (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/364 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of cadmium in certain radiation tolerant video camera tubes (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/365 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders and termination finishes used in certain hand-held combustion engines (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/366 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as a thermal stabiliser in polyvinyl chloride used in certain in-vitro diagnostic medical devices for the analysis of blood and other body fluids and body gases (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indents are added in point 12q (Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






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32020 L 0360: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/360 of 17 December 2019 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 109),










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32020 L 0361: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 2019 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 112),










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32020 L 0364: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/364 of 17 December 2019 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 122),










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32020 L 0365: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/365 of 17 December 2019 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 125),










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32020 L 0366: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/366 of 17 December 2019 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 129).’






Article 2
The texts of Delegated Directives (EU) 2020/360, (EU) 2020/361, (EU) 2020/364, (EU) 2020/365 and (EU) 2020/366 and 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 13 June 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 12 June 2020.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 109.

(2)  
            OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 112.

(3)  
            OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 122.

(4)  
            OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 125.

(5)  
            OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 129.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.