DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 76/2020

of 12 June 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/525]

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 Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/360 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in platinized platinum electrodes used for certain conductivity measurements  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for hexavalent chromium as an anticorrosion agent of the carbon steel cooling system in absorption refrigerators  ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/364 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of cadmium in certain radiation tolerant video camera tubes  ( 3 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/365 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders and termination finishes used in certain hand-held combustion engines  ( 4 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/366 of 17 December 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead as a thermal stabiliser in polyvinyl chloride used in certain in-vitro diagnostic medical devices for the analysis of blood and other body fluids and body gases  ( 5 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents are added in point 12q (Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32020 L 0360 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/360 of 17 December 2019 ( OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 109 ),

— 32020 L 0361 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/361 of 17 December 2019 ( OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 112 ),

— 32020 L 0364 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/364 of 17 December 2019 ( OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 122 ),

— 32020 L 0365 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/365 of 17 December 2019 ( OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 125 ),

— 32020 L 0366 : Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/366 of 17 December 2019 ( OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 129 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Directives (EU) 2020/360, (EU) 2020/361, (EU) 2020/364, (EU) 2020/365 and (EU) 2020/366 and 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 13 June 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made  ( * ) .

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, 12 June 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 )    OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 109 .

( 2 )    OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 112 .

( 3 )    OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 122 .

( 4 )    OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 125 .

( 5 )    OJ L 67, 5.3.2020, p. 129 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.