CELEX: 22016D2178
Language: en
Date: 2015-06-11 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 143/2015 of 11 June 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2178]

15.12.2016   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 341/30
               
            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
      No 143/2015
      of 11 June 2015
      amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2178]
      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)
               
               
                  Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014 of 24 October 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle functional safety requirements for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 44/2014 of 21 November 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the vehicle construction and general requirements for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
               
            
                  (4)
               
               
                  Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2016, Council Directive 93/14/EEC (4), Council Directive 93/30/EEC (5), Council Directive 93/33/EEC (6), Council Directive 93/93/EEC (7), Directive 95/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (9), Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (10), Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (12), Directive 2009/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (13), Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (14), Directive 2009/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (15), Directive 2009/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (16), Directive 2009/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (17) and Directive 2009/139/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (18), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2016.
               
            
                  (5)
               
               
                  For practical reasons, the acts listed under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ in Chapter I of Annex II shall be renumbered.
               
            
                  (6)
               
               
                  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 points are inserted after point 45zzu (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012):
                  
                              ‘46.
                           
                           
                              
                                 32013 R 0168: Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52).
                           
                        
                              46a.
                           
                           
                              
                                 32014 R 0003: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 3/2014 of 24 October 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to vehicle functional safety requirements for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 7, 10.1.2014, p. 1).
                           
                        
                              46b.
                           
                           
                              
                                 32014 R 0044: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 44/2014 of 21 November 2013 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the vehicle construction and general requirements for the approval of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles (OJ L 25, 28.1.2014, p. 1).’;
                           
                        
            
                  (2)
               
               
                  the texts of points 45h (Council Directive 93/14/EEC), 45i (Directive 2009/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45j (Council Directive 93/30/EEC), 45l (Directive 2009/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45m (Council Directive 93/33/EEC), 45n (Directive 2009/139/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45p (Council Directive 93/93/EEC), 45q (Directive 2009/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45s (Directive 95/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45x (Directive 97/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45z (Directive 2000/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45za (Directive 2002/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45zb (Directive 2002/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), 45zv (Directive 2009/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 45zw (Directive 2009/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2016;
               
            
                  (3)
               
               
                  under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ points 46 (deleted) to 48 (Commission interpretative communication 2007/C-68/04) are renumbered points 1 to 3.
               
            Article 2
      The texts of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and Delegated Regulations (EU) No 3/2014 and (EU) No 44/2014 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 12 June 2015, 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, 11 June 2015.
         
            
               For the EEA Joint Committee
            
            
               The President
            
            Gianluca GRIPPA
         
      
      
         (1)  OJ L 60, 2.3.2013, p. 52.
      
         (2)  OJ L 7, 10.1.2014, p. 1.
      
         (3)  OJ L 25, 28.1.2014, p. 1.
      
         (4)  OJ L 121, 15.5.1993, p. 1.
      
         (5)  OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 11.
      
         (6)  OJ L 188, 29.7.1993, p. 32.
      
         (7)  OJ L 311, 14.12.1993, p. 76.
      
         (8)  OJ L 52, 8.3.1995, p. 1.
      
         (9)  OJ L 226, 18.8.1997, p. 1.
      
         (10)  OJ L 106, 3.5.2000, p. 1.
      
         (11)  OJ L 124, 9.5.2002, p. 1.
      
         (12)  OJ L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 20.
      
         (13)  OJ L 198, 30.7.2009, p. 20.
      
         (14)  OJ L 222, 25.8.2009, p. 1.
      
         (15)  OJ L 231, 3.9.2009, p. 8.
      
         (16)  OJ L 201, 1.8.2009, p. 29.
      
         (17)  OJ L 202, 4.8.2009, p. 16.
      
         (18)  OJ L 322, 9.12.2009, p. 3.
      
         (*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.