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21.3.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
81/33
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 231/2012
of 7 December 2012
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
for the award of the EU Ecolabel for printed paper (OJ
L 223, 21.8.2012, p. 55).’.
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Article 2
Whereas:
The texts of Decisions 2012/448/EU and 2012/481/EU in the
Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA
(1) Commission
Decision
2012/448/EU
of
12
July
2012
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the
Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be
EU Ecolabel for newsprint paper (
authentic.

1 ) is to be incorporated
into the EEA Agreement.
Article 3
(2) Commission
Decision
2012/481/EU
of
16
August
2012 This Decision shall enter into force on 8 December 2012,
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the
provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
EU Ecolabel for printed paper ( 2 ) is to be incorporated
EEA Agreement have been made (*) or on the day of the entry
into the EEA Agreement.
into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No
(3) Annex
XX
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
therefore
be 200/2012 of 26 October 2012 ( 3 ), whichever is the later.
amended accordingly,
Article 4
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in
Article 1
the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
Union.
The following points are inserted after point 2zd (Commission
Decision 2009/894/EC) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
‘2ze. 32012 D 0448: Commission Decision 2012/448/EU
Done at Brussels, 7 December 2012.
of 12 July 2012 establishing the ecological criteria
for the award of the EU Ecolabel for newsprint paper
(OJ L 202, 28.7.2012, p. 26).
For the EEA Joint Committee
2zf. 32012 D 0481: Commission Decision 2012/481/EU
The President
of 16 August 2012 establishing the ecological criteria
Atle LEIKVOLL
( 1 ) OJ L 202, 28.7.2012, p. 26.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
( 2 ) OJ L 223, 21.8.2012, p. 55.
( 3 ) OJ L 21, 24.1.2013, p. 50.

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