2012/251/EU: Council Decision of 24 April 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendments to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement is hereby amended as specified in Annexes I to III to this Decision.

In Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement the following indent shall be added in points 21ab (Council Directive 1999/13/EC), 32e (Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 32fa (Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32008 L 0112: Directive 2008/112/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 345, 23.12.2008, p. 68).’.

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1272/2008 and (EC) No 1336/2008, Regulations (EU) No 440/2010 and (EU) No 453/2010, and Directive 2008/112/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee .

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.