CELEX: 22018D1186
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 250/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1186]

23.8.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 215/47
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 250/2016
         of 2 December 2016
         amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1186]
         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) 2016/1349 of 5 August 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for footwear (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1371 of 10 August 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for personal, notebook and tablet computers (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Decision (EU) 2016/1349 repeals Commission Decision 2009/563/EC (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Decision (EU) 2016/1371 repeals Commission Decisions 2011/330/EU (4) and 2011/337/EU (5), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 2g (Commission Decision 2009/563/EC) is replaced by the following:
                        ‘32016 D 1349: Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1349 of 5 August 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for footwear (OJ L 214, 9.8.2016, p. 16).’
                     
                  
                        2.
                     
                     
                        The text of point 2q (Commission Decision 2011/337/EU) is replaced by the following:
                        ‘32016 D 1371: Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1371 of 10 August 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for personal, notebook and tablet computers (OJ L 217, 12.8.2016, p. 9).’
                     
                  
                        3.
                     
                     
                        The text of point 2s (Commission Decision 2011/330/EU) is deleted.
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The texts of Decisions (EU) 2016/1349 and (EU) 2016/1371 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 3 December 2016, 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, 2 December 2016.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 214, 9.8.2016, p. 16.
         
            (2)  OJ L 217, 12.8.2016, p. 9.
         
            (3)  OJ L 196, 28.7.2009, p. 27.
         
            (4)  OJ L 148, 7.6.2011, p. 5.
         
            (5)  OJ L 151, 10.6.2011, p. 5.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.