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Document 22013D0111(01)

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 111/2013 of 14 June 2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

OJ L 318, 28.11.2013, p. 12–13 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
OJ L 318, 28.11.2013, p. 10–10 (HR)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/111(2)/oj

28.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 318/12


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 111/2013

of 14 June 2013

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Directive 2010/80/EU of 22 November 2010 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)

Commission Directive 2012/10/EU of 22 March 2012 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4)

Commission Recommendation 2011/24/EU of 11 January 2011 on the certification of defence undertakings under Article 9 of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5)

Directive 2009/43/EC deals with licences for export of defence-related products to third countries. The incorporation of the Directive shall be without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement as regards third country relations.

(6)

Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XIX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following is inserted after point 3p (Commission Decision 2010/376/EU):

‘3q.

32009 L 0043: Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1), as amended by:

32010 L 0080: Commission Directive 2010/80/EU of 22 November 2010 (OJ L 308, 24.11.2010, p. 11),

32012 L 0010: Commission Directive 2012/10/EU of 22 March 2012 (OJ L 85, 24.3.2012, p. 3).

This Directive shall not apply to Liechtenstein.

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 11 shall not apply.’;

(2)

under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ the following point is inserted after point 14 (Council Resolution of 8 July 1996 (96/C 224/03)):

‘15.

32011 H 0024: Commission Recommendation 2011/24/EU of 11 January 2011 on the certification of defence undertakings under Article 9 of Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community (OJ L 11, 15.1.2011, p. 62).’

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2009/43/EC, 2010/80/EU and 2012/10/EU and Recommendation 2011/24/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 15 June 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (5).

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, 14 June 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA


(1)  OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 308, 24.11.2010, p. 11.

(3)  OJ L 85, 24.3.2012, p. 3.

(4)  OJ L 11, 15.1.2011, p. 62.

(5)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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