20.11.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 309/33

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 106/2008

of 26 September 2008

amending Annex XX (Environment) 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 XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 89/2008 of 4 July 2008 (1).

(2)

Commission Decision 2008/276/EC of 17 March 2008 amending Decision 2005/338/EC in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to campsite service (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Decision 2008/277/EC of 26 March 2008 amending Decision 2001/405/EC in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to tissue paper products (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

the following indent shall be added in point 2i (Commission Decision 2001/405/EC):

‘—

 32008 D 0277: Commission Decision 2008/277/EC of 26 March 2008 (OJ L 87, 29.3.2008, p. 14).’;

2.

the following shall be added in point 2p (Commission Decision 2005/338/EC):

‘, as amended by:

—

32008 D 0276: Commission Decision 2008/276/EC of 17 March 2008 (OJ L 87, 29.3.2008, p. 12).’

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2008/276/EC and 2008/277/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 27 September 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 26 September 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

(1)   OJ L 280, 23.10.2008, p. 27.

(2)   OJ L 87, 29.3.2008, p. 12.

(3)   OJ L 87, 29.3.2008, p. 14.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.