Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 167/2023 of 13 June 2023 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2564]
Date: 2023-06-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, European standard, consumer information, eco-label, energy consumption, energy efficiency, environmental impact, environmental standard, revision of an agreement, sustainable product




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 167/2023
of 13 June 2023
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2564]


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) 2023/693 of 27 March 2023 amending Decisions (EU) 2017/1214, (EU) 2017/1215, (EU) 2017/1216, (EU) 2017/1217, (EU) 2017/1218, (EU) 2017/1219 and (EU) 2018/680 as regards the period of validity of the EU Ecolabel criteria and of the related assessment and verification requirements (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Decision (EU) 2023/705 of 29 March 2023 amending Decisions (EU) 2017/175 and (EU) 2018/680 as regards the energy efficiency requirements for EU Ecolabel tourist accommodation and EU Ecolabel indoor cleaning services for certain energy-related products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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 following indent is added in points 2e (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1218), 2h (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1216), 2r (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1214), 2t (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1217), 2zg (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1215) and 2zh (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1219):






‘—



32023 D 0693: Commission Decision (EU) 2023/693 of 27 March 2023 (OJ L 91, 29.3.2023, p. 11).’














2.


The following is added in point 2zp (Commission Decision (EU) 2018/680):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32023 D 0693: Commission Decision (EU) 2023/693 of 27 March 2023 (OJ L 91, 29.3.2023, p. 11),










—



32023 D 0705: Commission Decision (EU) 2023/705 of 29 March 2023 (OJ L 92, 30.3.2023, p. 19).’
                                 














3.


The following indent is added in point 2m (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/175):






‘—



32023 D 0705: Commission Decision (EU) 2023/705 of 29 March 2023 (OJ L 92, 30.3.2023, p. 19).’










Article 2
The texts of Decisions (EU) 2023/693 and (EU) 2023/705 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 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, 13 June 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 91, 29.3.2023, p. 11.

(2)  
            OJ L 92, 30.3.2023, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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