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8.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
309/17
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 136/2012
of 13 July 2012
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
‘32009 R 1221: Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a
Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement
Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS),
on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as
repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission
‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342,
22.12.2009, p. 1).’;
Whereas:
(2) the text of points 1eaa (Commission Decision
(1) Annex
XX
to
the
Agreement
was
amended
by
Decision
2001/681/EC) and 1eab (Commission Decision
of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2012 of 15 June
2006/193/EC) shall be deleted.
2012 ( 1 ).
Article 2
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
1221/2009
of
the
European
Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009
The text of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 in the Icelandic and
on the voluntary participation by organisations in a
Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS),
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission
Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (
Article 3

2 ) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 July 2012, provided
that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement
(3)
Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 repeals Regulation (EC)
have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).
No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the
Council ( 3 ), Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC ( 4 ) and
Article 4
2006/193/EC ( 5 ), which are incorporated into the
Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in
under the Agreement,
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
Union.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2012.
Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
For the EEA Joint Committee
(1) the text of point 1ea (Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the
European Parliament and of the Council) shall be replaced
The President
by the following:
Atle LEIKVOLL
( 1 ) OJ L 270, 4.10.2012, p. 40.
( 2 ) OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ L 247, 17.9.2001, p. 24.
( 5 ) OJ L 70, 9.3.2006, p. 63. (*)
No
constitutional
requirements
indicated.

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