CELEX: 22012D0230
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 230/2012 of 7 December 2012 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

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               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 81/32
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
   No 230/2012
   of 7 December 2012
   amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
   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)
            
            
               Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Directive 2011/92/EU repeals Council Directive 85/337/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The text of point 1a (Council Directive 85/337/EEC) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:
   
      ‘32011 L 0092: Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1).’.
   
   Article 2
   The text of Directive 2011/92/EU 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 8 December 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (3).
   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, 7 December 2012.
      
         
            For the EEA Joint Committee
         
         
            The President
         
         Atle LEIKVOLL
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.
   
      (3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.