Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 13/2023 of 3 February 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2318]
Date: 2023-02-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, application of EU law, consumption, data collection, exchange of information, non-durable goods, plastics, revision of an agreement, tobacco industry, waste, waste management




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 13/2023
of 3 February 2023
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2318]


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) 2021/2267 of 17 December 2021 laying down the format for reporting data and information on the collected post-consumption waste of tobacco products with filters and of filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/162 of 4 February 2022 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the calculation, verification and reporting on the reduction in the consumption of certain single-use plastic products and the measures taken by Member States to achieve such reduction (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 is inserted after point 9daa (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1752) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






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32021 D 2267: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2267 of 17 December 2021 laying down the format for reporting data and information on the collected post-consumption waste of tobacco products with filters and of filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products (OJ L 455, 20.12.2021, p. 32).










9dc.



32022 D 0162: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/162 of 4 February 2022 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the calculation, verification and reporting on the reduction in the consumption of certain single-use plastic products and the measures taken by Member States to achieve such reduction (OJ L 26, 7.2.2022, p. 19).
The provisions of the Decision shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
Articles 1 and 2(1) shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’
                        






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2021/2267 and (EU) 2022/162 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 2023, 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 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 455, 20.12.2021, p. 32.

(2)  
            OJ L 26, 7.2.2022, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2318/oj
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