28.7.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 196/26


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 48/2011

of 20 May 2011

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 132/2007 of 26 October 2007 (1).

(2)

Commission Directive 2008/47/EC of 8 April 2008 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Council Directive 75/324/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to aerosol dispensers (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 75/324/EEC) of Chapter VIII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘—

32008 L 0047: Commission Directive 2008/47/EC of 8 April 2008 (OJ L 96, 9.4.2008, p. 15).’

Article 2

The text of Directive 2008/47/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 21 May 2011, 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, 20 May 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA


(1)   OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 1.

(2)   OJ L 96, 9.4.2008, p. 15.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.