DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 209/2012

of 7 December 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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 523/2012 of 20 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1)

the following indent shall be added in point 45zza (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘—	32012 R 0523: Commission Regulation (EU) No 523/2012 of 20 June 2012 (OJ L 160, 21.6.2012, p. 8).’;

(2)

the following point shall be inserted after point 45zzq (Commission Regulation (EU) No 351/2012):

‘45zzr.

32012 R 0523: Commission Regulation (EU) No 523/2012 of 20 June 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the inclusion of certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles, their trailers and systems, components and separate technical units intended therefor (OJ L 160, 21.6.2012, p. 8).’.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 523/2012 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 8 December 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, 7 December 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 160, 21.6.2012, p. 8.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.