Council Decision (EU) 2015/1156 of 13 July 2015 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Batteries and Accumulators)

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 date of its adoption.

Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows: 1. The following is added in point 12x (Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council): ‘— 32013 L 0056: Directive 2013/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 329, 10.12.2013, p. 5). The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation: Article 17 shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’ 2. The text of point 12zt (Commission Decision 2009/603/EC) shall be deleted.

The texts of Directive 2013/56/EU 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 .

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