CELEX: 22004D0123
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2004 of 24 September 2004 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement.

10.3.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 64/20
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
   
   No 123/2004
   of 24 September 2004
   amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement
   THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
   Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2004 of 4 May 2004 (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Annex IV to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2004 of 4 May 2004.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Commission Directive 2002/31/EC of 22 March 2002 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners (2), as corrected by OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 30, is to be incorporated into the Agreement,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   
               1.
            
            
               the following point shall be inserted after point 4g (Commission Directive 2002/40/EC) of Chapter IV:
               
                           ‘4h.
                        
                        
                           32002 L 0031: Commission Directive 2002/31/EC of 22 March 2002 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners (OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 26), as corrected by OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 30, as amended by:
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       
                                          1 03 T: Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded adopted on 16 April 2003 (OJ L 236, 23.9.2003, p. 33).
                                    
                                 The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
                           
                                       (a)
                                    
                                    
                                       in Article 4, the words “until 30 June 2003”, shall be replaced by “until the publication of harmonised standards referred to in Article 2”;
                                    
                                 
                                       (b)
                                    
                                    
                                       Annex I shall be supplemented with the texts as set out in Section 7 of Appendix 1 to Annex II to the present Agreement;
                                    
                                 
                                       (c)
                                    
                                    
                                       Annex V shall be supplemented with the texts as set out in Section 7 of Appendix 2 to Annex II to the present Agreement;’
                                    
                                 
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Appendices 1 and 2 shall be supplemented as specified in the Annexes I and II to this Decision.
            
         Article 2
   
               1.
            
            
               the following point shall be inserted after point 11g (Commission Directive 2002/40/EC):
               
                           ‘11h.
                        
                        
                           32002 L 0031: Commission Directive 2002/31/EC of 22 March 2002 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners (OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 26), as corrected by OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 30 (1).
                                       
                                          (1)
                                       
                                    
                                    
                                       Listed here for information purposes only; for application see Annex II, Technical regulations, specifications, testing and certification.
                                       The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
                                       
                                                   (a)
                                                
                                                
                                                   in Article 4, the words “until 30 June 2003”, shall be replaced by “until the publication of harmonised standards referred to in Article 2”;
                                                
                                             
                                                   (b)
                                                
                                                
                                                   Annex I shall be supplemented with the texts as set out in Section 7 of Appendix 5 to Annex II to the present Agreement;
                                                
                                             
                                                   (c)
                                                
                                                
                                                   Annex V shall be supplemented with the texts as set out in Section 7 of Appendix 6 to Annex II to the present Agreement.’;
                                                
                                             
                                 
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Appendices 5 and 6 shall be supplemented as specified in Annexes III and IV to this Decision.
            
         Article 3
   The texts of Directive 2002/31/EC, as corrected by OJ L 34, 11.2.2003, p. 30, 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 4
   This Decision shall enter into force on 25 September 2004, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (3).
   Article 5
   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, 24 September 2004.
      
         
            For the EEA Joint Committee
         
         
            The President
         
         Kjartan JÓHANNSSON
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 277, 26.8.2004, p. 187.
   
      (2)  OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 26.
   
      (3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
   
      
         ANNEX I
      
      
         to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2004
      
      The following section shall be inserted after section 6 in Appendix 1 to Annex II to the Agreement:
      
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         ’
      
   
   
      
         ANNEX II
      
      
         to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2004
      
      The following section shall be inserted after section 6 in Appendix 2 to Annex II to the Agreement:
      
         
                     Note Label Annex I
                  
                  
                     Fiche and mail order Annexes II and III
                  
                  
                     EN
                  
                  
                     IS
                  
                  
                     NO
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Energy
                  
                  
                     Orka
                  
                  
                     Energi
                  
               
                     I
                  
                  
                     1
                  
                  
                     Manufacturer
                  
                  
                     Framleiðandi
                  
                  
                     Merke
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Model
                  
                  
                     Gerð
                  
                  
                     Modell
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Outside unit
                  
                  
                     Utandyrabúnaður
                  
                  
                     Utendørs enhet
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Inside unit
                  
                  
                     Innandyrabúnaður
                  
                  
                     Innendørs enhet
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     More efficient
                  
                  
                     Góð nýtni
                  
                  
                     Lavt energiforbruk
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Less efficient
                  
                  
                     Slæm nýtni
                  
                  
                     Høyt energiforbruk
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     3
                  
                  
                     Energy efficiency class … on a scale of A (more efficient) to G (less efficient)
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtniflokkur …á kvarðanum A (góð nýtni) til G (slæm nýtni)
                  
                  
                     Klassifisering av energieeffektivitet etter en skala fra A (lavt energiforbruk) til G (høyt energiforbruk)
                  
               
                     V
                  
                  
                     5
                  
                  
                     Annual energy consumption
                     kWh in cooling mode
                  
                  
                     Orkunotkun við kælingu á ársgrundvelli í kWh
                  
                  
                     Årlig energiforbruk
                     kWh ved kjøling
                  
               
                     V
                  
                  
                     5
                  
                  
                     Actual consumption will depend on how the appliance is used and climate
                  
                  
                     Raunnotkun fer eftir því hvernig tækiðp er notað og loftslagi.
                  
                  
                     Det faktiske energiforbruket avhenger av hvordan apparatet brukes og av klimaet
                  
               
                     VI
                  
                  
                     6
                  
                  
                     Cooling output
                  
                  
                     Kæling
                  
                  
                     Kjøleeffekt
                  
               
                     VII
                  
                  
                     7
                  
                  
                     Energy efficiency ratio (EER) at full load
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtnihlutfall við fullan styrk
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitets-kvotient ved full belastning
                  
               
                     VII
                  
                  
                     7
                  
                  
                     The higher the better
                  
                  
                     Því hærri, því betri
                  
                  
                     Jo høyere, desto bedre
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Size
                  
                  
                     Stærð
                  
                  
                     Type
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Cooling only
                  
                  
                     Kæling eingöngu
                  
                  
                     Bare kjøling
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Cooling/heating
                  
                  
                     Kæling/hitun
                  
                  
                     Kjøling/oppvarming
                  
               
                     IX
                  
                  
                     9
                  
                  
                     Air cooled
                  
                  
                     Loftkældur
                  
                  
                     Luftkjølt
                  
               
                     IX
                  
                  
                     9
                  
                  
                     Water cooled
                  
                  
                     Vatnskældur
                  
                  
                     Vannkjølt
                  
               
                     X
                  
                  
                     10
                  
                  
                     Heat output
                  
                  
                     Hitun
                  
                  
                     Varmeeffekt
                  
               
                     XI
                  
                  
                     11
                  
                  
                     Heating performance:
                     A (more efficient)
                     G (less efficient)
                  
                  
                     Hitunarhæfni:
                     A (góð nýtni)
                     G (slæm nýtni)
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitetsklasse for oppvarmingsfunksjonen
                     A (lav)
                     G (høy)
                  
               
                     XII
                  
                  
                     12
                  
                  
                     Noise
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
                  
                     Hávaði
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
                  
                     Støy
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Further information is contained in product brochures
                  
                  
                     Nánari upplýsingar er að finna í bæklingum sem fylgja vörunum
                  
                  
                     Produktbrosjyrene inneholder ytterligere opplysninger
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Norm EN 814
                  
                  
                     Staðall EN 814
                  
                  
                     Standard EN 814
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Air conditioner
                  
                  
                     Loftræstibúnaður
                  
                  
                     Klimaanlegg
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Energy label Directive 2002/31/EC
                  
                  
                     Tilskipun 2002/31/EB um orkumerkingar
                  
                  
                     Direktiv 2002/31/EF om energimerking
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     11
                  
                  
                     Heating mode energy efficiency class
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtniflokkur við hitun
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitetsklasse ved oppvarming’
                  
               
   
   
      
         ANNEX III
      
      
         to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2004
      
      The following section shall be inserted after section 6 in Appendix 5 to Annex IV to the Agreement:
      
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         
            
         ’
      
   
   
      
         ANNEX IV
      
      
         to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2004
      
      The following section shall be inserted after section 6 in Appendix 6 to Annex IV to the Agreement:
      
         
                     Note Label Annex I
                  
                  
                     Fiche and mail order Annexes II and III
                  
                  
                     EN
                  
                  
                     IS
                  
                  
                     NO
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Energy
                  
                  
                     Orka
                  
                  
                     Energi
                  
               
                     I
                  
                  
                     1
                  
                  
                     Manufacturer
                  
                  
                     Framleiðandi
                  
                  
                     Merke
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Model
                  
                  
                     Gerð
                  
                  
                     Modell
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Outside unit
                  
                  
                     Utandyrabúnaður
                  
                  
                     Utendørs enhet
                  
               
                     II
                  
                  
                     2
                  
                  
                     Inside unit
                  
                  
                     Innandyrabúnaður
                  
                  
                     Innendørs enhet
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     More efficient
                  
                  
                     Góð nýtni
                  
                  
                     Lavt energiforbruk
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Less efficient
                  
                  
                     Slæm nýtni
                  
                  
                     Høyt energiforbruk
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     3
                  
                  
                     Energy efficiency class … on a scale of A (more efficient) to G (less efficient)
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtniflokkur …á kvarðanum A (góð nýtni) til G (slæm nýtni)
                  
                  
                     Klassifisering av energieeffektivitet etter en skala fra A (lavt energiforbruk) til G (høyt energiforbruk)
                  
               
                     V
                  
                  
                     5
                  
                  
                     Annual energy consumption
                     kWh in cooling mode
                  
                  
                     Orkunotkun við kælingu á ársgrundvelli í kWh
                  
                  
                     Årlig energiforbruk
                     kWh ved kjøling
                  
               
                     V
                  
                  
                     5
                  
                  
                     Actual consumption will depend on how the appliance is used and climate
                  
                  
                     Raunnotkun fer eftir því hvernig tækiðp er notað og loftslagi.
                  
                  
                     Det faktiske energiforbruket avhenger av hvordan apparatet brukes og av klimaet
                  
               
                     VI
                  
                  
                     6
                  
                  
                     Cooling output
                  
                  
                     Kæling
                  
                  
                     Kjøleeffekt
                  
               
                     VII
                  
                  
                     7
                  
                  
                     Energy efficiency ratio (EER) at full load
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtnihlutfall við fullan styrk
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitets-kvotient ved full belastning
                  
               
                     VII
                  
                  
                     7
                  
                  
                     The higher the better
                  
                  
                     Því hærri, því betri
                  
                  
                     Jo høyere, desto bedre
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Size
                  
                  
                     Stærð
                  
                  
                     Type
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Cooling only
                  
                  
                     Kæling eingöngu
                  
                  
                     Bare kjøling
                  
               
                     VIII
                  
                  
                     8
                  
                  
                     Cooling/heating
                  
                  
                     Kæling/hitun
                  
                  
                     Kjøling/oppvarming
                  
               
                     IX
                  
                  
                     9
                  
                  
                     Air cooled
                  
                  
                     Loftkældur
                  
                  
                     Luftkjølt
                  
               
                     IX
                  
                  
                     9
                  
                  
                     Water cooled
                  
                  
                     Vatnskældur
                  
                  
                     Vannkjølt
                  
               
                     X
                  
                  
                     10
                  
                  
                     Heat output
                  
                  
                     Hitun
                  
                  
                     Varmeeffekt
                  
               
                     XI
                  
                  
                     11
                  
                  
                     Heating performance:
                     A (more efficient)
                     G (less efficient)
                  
                  
                     Hitunarhæfni:
                     A (góð nýtni)
                     G (slæm nýtni)
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitetsklasse for oppvarmingsfunksjonen
                     A (lav)
                     G (høy)
                  
               
                     XII
                  
                  
                     12
                  
                  
                     Noise
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
                  
                     Hávaði
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
                  
                     Støy
                     (dB(A) re 1 pW)
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Further information is contained in product brochures
                  
                  
                     Nánari upplýsingar er að finna í bæklingum sem fylgja vörunum
                  
                  
                     Produktbrosjyrene inneholder ytterligere opplysninger
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Norm EN 814
                  
                  
                     Staðall EN 814
                  
                  
                     Standard EN 814
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Air conditioner
                  
                  
                     Loftræstibúnaður
                  
                  
                     Klimaanlegg
                  
               
                     
                        
                  
                  
                      
                  
                  
                     Energy label Directive 2002/31/EC
                  
                  
                     Tilskipun 2002/31/EB um orkumerkingar
                  
                  
                     Direktiv 2002/31/EF om energimerking
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     11
                  
                  
                     Heating mode energy efficiency class
                  
                  
                     Orkunýtniflokkur við hitun
                  
                  
                     Energieffektivitetsklasse ved oppvarming’