CELEX: 22019D2044
Language: en
Date: 2018-02-09 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 8/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2044]

12.12.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 323/16
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 8/2018
         of 9 February 2018
         amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2044]
         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 Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards real-driving emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 6) (2), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 repeals, with effect from 1 January 2022, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2022.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     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 is inserted after point 45zzu (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012):
                        
                                    ‘45zzv.
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on type-approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle repair and maintenance information, amending Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1), as amended by:
                                    
                                                —
                                             
                                             
                                                
                                                   32017 R 1154: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11.’;
                                             
                                          
                              
                  
                        (2)
                     
                     
                        The following indent is added in points 45zu (Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008) and 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                        
                                    ‘—
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (3)
                     
                     
                        The following is added in point 45zzu (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1230/2012):
                        ‘, as amended by:
                        
                                    —
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1151: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1151 of 1 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1).’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (4)
                     
                     
                        The following indent is added in point 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
                        
                                    ‘—
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32017 R 1154: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1154 of 7 June 2017 (OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708), as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11.’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (5)
                     
                     
                        The text of point 45zu (Commission Regulation (EC) No 692/2008) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2022.
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/1151 and (EU) 2017/1154, as corrected by OJ L 256, 4.10.2017, p. 11, 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Claude MAERTEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 1.
         
            (2)  OJ L 175, 7.7.2017, p. 708.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.