DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 261/2021

of 24 September 2021

amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2024/509]

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 Decision (EU) 2021/476 of 16 March 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for hard covering products ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Decision (EU) 2021/476 repeals Commission Decision 2009/607/EC ( 2 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 2k (Commission Decision 2009/607/EC) of Annex XX shall be replaced by the following:

‘ 32021 D 0476 : Commission Decision (EU) 2021/476 of 16 March 2021 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for hard covering products ( OJ L 99, 22.3.2021, p. 37 ).’

Article 2

The text of Decision (EU) 2021/476 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 25 September 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *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, 24 September 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Rolf Einar FIFE

( 1 ) OJ L 99, 22.3.2021, p. 37 .

( 2 ) OJ L 208, 12.8.2009, p. 21 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/509/oj

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