DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 183/2012

of 28 September 2012

amending Annex XX (Environment) 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)

Commission Implementing Decision 2011/631/EU of 21 September 2011 establishing a questionnaire to be used for reporting on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Implementing Decision 2011/631/EU repeals, with effect from 1 January 2013, Commission Decision 2010/728/EU (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2013.

(3)	Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following point shall be inserted after point 1fc (Commission Decision 2010/728/EU):

‘1fd.

32011 D 0631: Commission Implementing Decision 2011/631/EU of 21 September 2011 establishing a questionnaire to be used for reporting on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 47).’;

(2)	the text of point 1fc (Commission Decision 2010/728/EU) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2013.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision 2011/631/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 29 September 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 28 September 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 247, 24.9.2011, p. 47.

(2) OJ L 313, 30.11.2010, p. 13.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.