DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 107/2012

of 15 June 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 88/2012 of 30 April 2012 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 of 10 August 2009 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)	Commission Regulation (EU) No 252/2011 of 15 March 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex I (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 286/2011 of 10 March 2011 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (4), as corrected by OJ L 138, 26.5.2011, p. 66, is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1)

the following indent shall be added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘—	32011 R 0252: Commission Regulation (EU) No 252/2011 of 15 March 2011 (OJ L 69, 16.3.2011, p. 3).’;

(2)

the following shall be added in point 12zze (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

—	32009 R 0790: Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 of 10 August 2009 (OJ L 235, 5.9.2009, p. 1),

—	32011 R 0286: Commission Regulation (EU) No 286/2011 of 10 March 2011 (OJ L 83, 30.3.2011, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 138, 26.5.2011, p. 66.’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 790/2009, (EU) No 252/2011 and (EU) No 286/2011, as corrected by OJ L 138, 26.5.2011, p. 66, 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 16 June 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 106/2012 of 15 June 2012 (5), 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, 15 June 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 248, 13.9.2012, p. 25.

(2) OJ L 235, 5.9.2009, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 69, 16.3.2011, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 83, 30.3.2011, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(5) See page 6 of this Official Journal.