DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 199/2020

of 11 December 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2001]

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 Regulation (EU) 2020/217 of 4 October 2019 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 and correcting that Regulation  ( 1 ) , as corrected by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13 , 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

The following indent is added in point 12zze (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘—

32020 R 0217 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 of 4 October 2019 ( OJ L 44, 18.2.2020, p. 1 ), as corrected by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13 .’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217, as corrected by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13 , 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 12 December 2020, 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, 11 December 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

( 1 )    OJ L 44, 18.2.2020, p. 1 .

( *1 )   No constitutional requirements indicated.