21.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/19


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 13/2012

of 10 February 2012

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 130/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1152/2010 of 8 December 2010 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 12zza (Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008) in Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘—

32010 R 1152: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1152/2010 of 8 December 2010 (OJ L 324, 9.12.2010, p. 13).’.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 1152/2010 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 11 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 12/2012 of 10 February 2012 (3), whichever is the later.

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, 10 February 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA


(1)   OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 14.

(2)   OJ L 324, 9.12.2010, p. 13.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

(3)  See page 18 of this Official Journal.