DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 7/2012

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 113/2011 of 21 October 2011 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 631/2009 of 22 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (2), as corrected by OJ L 229, 6.9.2011, p. 16, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 371/2010 of 16 April 2010 replacing Annexes V, X, XV and XVI to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles (Framework Directive) (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)

Commission Directive 2010/19/EU of 9 March 2010 amending, for the purposes of adaptation to technical progress in the field of spray-suppression systems of certain categories of motor vehicles and their trailers, Council Directive 91/226/EEC, and Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1)

the following indent shall be added in point 45a (Council Directive 91/226/EEC):

‘—	32010 L 0019: Commission Directive 2010/19/EU of 9 March 2010 (OJ L 72, 20.3.2010, p. 17).’;

(2)

the following indents shall be added in point 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘—	32010 L 0019: Commission Directive 2010/19/EU of 9 March 2010 (OJ L 72, 20.3.2010, p. 17),

—	32010 R 0371: Commission Regulation (EU) No 371/2010 of 16 April 2010 (OJ L 110, 1.5.2010, p. 1).’;

(3)

the following point shall be inserted after point 45zy (Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘45zz.

32009 R 0631: Commission Regulation (EC) No 631/2009 of 22 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC (OJ L 195, 25.7.2009, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 229, 6.9.2011, p. 16.’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 631/2009, as corrected by OJ L 229, 6.9.2011, p. 16, Regulation (EU) No 371/2010 and Directive 2010/19/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 11 February 2012, 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, 10 February 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2011, p. 74.

(2) OJ L 195, 25.7.2009, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 110, 1.5.2010, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 72, 20.3.2010, p. 17.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.