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Official Journal of the European Union
21.3.2013
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 219/2012
of 7 December 2012
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV
(Energy) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
(3) the following point is inserted after point 4l (Commission
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010) of Chapter IV:
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic
Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
‘4m. 32011 R 0626: Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) No 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing
Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament
and of the Council with regard to energy labelling
Whereas:
of air conditioners (OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1).’;
(1) Commission
Delegated
Regulation
(EU)
No
626/2011
of (4) the text of Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of
4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the
Appendix 1 and Section 7 (Commission Directive
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to
2002/31/EC) of Appendix 2 shall be deleted with effect,
energy labelling of air conditioners ( 1 ) is to be incor
at the earliest, from 1 January 2013.
porated into the EEA Agreement.
Article 2
(2) Delegated
Regulation
(EU)
No
626/2011
repeals,
with
effect from 1 January 2013, Commission Directive
Annex IV to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
2002/31/EC ( 2 ) which is incorporated into the
Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed
under the EEA Agreement with effect, at the earliest,
(1) the text of point 11h (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC)
from 1 January 2013.
shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from 1 January
2013;
(3) Council
Directive
79/531/EEC
( 3 ) and Council Directive
86/594/EEC (
(2) the following point is inserted after point 11l (Commission

4 ), which are incorporated into the
Agreement, have been repealed in the EU and should
Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010):
consequently be repealed under the EEA Agreement.
‘11m. 32011 R 0626: Commission Delegated Regulation
(EU) No 626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing
(4) Annexes
II
and
IV
to
the
EEA
Agreement
should
Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament
therefore be amended accordingly,
and of the Council with regard to energy labelling
of air conditioners (OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1) ( 1 ).
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
___________
( 1 ) Listed here for information purposes only; for
Article 1
application see Annex II on Technical regu
Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:
lations, standards, testing and certification.’;
(1) the text of points 2 (Council Directive 79/531/EEC) and 3
(3) the text of Section 7 (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of
(Council Directive 86/594/EEC) of Chapter IV is deleted;
Appendix 5 and Section 7 (Commission Directive
2002/31/EC) of Appendix 6 shall be deleted with effect,
at the earliest, from 1 January 2013.
(2) the text of point 4h (Commission Directive 2002/31/EC) of
Chapter IV shall be deleted with effect, at the earliest, from
1 January 2013;
Article 3
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 626/2011 in the
( 1 ) OJ L 178, 6.7.2011, p. 1.
Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the
( 2 ) OJ L 86, 3.4.2002, p. 26.
( 3 ) OJ L 145, 13.6.1979, p. 7.
EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union,
( 4 ) OJ L 344, 6.12.1986, p. 24.
shall be authentic.

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Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 8 December 2012, provided that all the notifications under
Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*), or on the day of the entry into force of
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 217/2012 of 7 December 2012 ( 1 ), whichever is the later.
Article 5
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, 7 December 2012.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Atle LEIKVOLL
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
( 1 ) See page 17 of this Official Journal.

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