CELEX: 22007D0076
Language: en
Date: 2007-07-06 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 76/2007 of 6 July 2007 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

13.12.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 328/13
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
   
   No 76/2007
   of 6 July 2007
   amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 3/2006 of 27 January 2006 (1).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Directive 2006/95/EC repeals Council Directive 73/23/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               A number of Commission Communications on the application of Directive 73/23/EEC have also become redundant and are consequently to be deleted from the Agreement,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   Chapter X of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
   
               1.
            
            
               the following point shall be inserted after point 7c (Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):
               
                           ‘7d.
                        
                        
                           
                              32006 L 0095: Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits (OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10).’;
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               the text of points 1 (Council Directive 73/23/EEC), 8 (C/184/79/p. 1: Communication of the Commission), 9 (C/107/80/p. 2: Communication of the Commission), 10 (C/199/80/p. 2: Third Communication of the Commission), 11 (C/59/82/p. 2: Commission Communication), 12 (C/235/84/p. 2: Fourth Communication of the Commission), 13 (C/166/85/p. 7: Fifth Commission Communication), 14 (C/168/88/p. 5: Commission Communication), 24 (C/210/92/p.1: Commission Communication) and 25 (C/18/93/p.4: Commission Communication) shall be deleted.
            
         Article 2
   The texts of Directive 2006/95/EC 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 7 July 2007, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (4).
   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, 6 July 2007.
      
         
            For the EEA Joint Committee
         
         
            The President
         
         Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 92, 30.3.2006, p. 22.
   
      (2)  OJ L 374, 27.12.2006, p. 10.
   
      (3)  OJ L 77, 26.3.1973, p. 29.
   
      (4)  No constitutional requirements indicated.