Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 199/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2001]
**Policy Summary:**
This document outlines Decision No. 199/2020 of the EEA Joint Committee, adopted on December 11, 2020, which amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2020/217 adapts Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labeling, and packaging of substances and mixtures to technical and scientific progress. The Decision specifies that the text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217, as corrected, in Icelandic and Norwegian languages, will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and will be considered authentic. The Decision entered into force on December 12, 2020, following the completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision was published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of adoption was Sabine Monauni.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for the management of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, an international agreement that enables European Free Trade Association countries to participate in the European Union's single market without formally joining the EU.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/217: A regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures to adapt it to technical and scientific progress.
Regulation EC No 1272/2008: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation).
European Parliament: One of the legislative branches of the European Union.
Council of the European Union: A legislative body of the European Union comprising government ministers from each member state.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made, implying it is a key decision-making center for the European Union and related bodies. City in Belgium.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/49
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 199/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2001]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Article 98
thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 of 4 October 2019amending, for the purposes of its adaptation
to technical and scientific progress, Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures and correcting that Regulation(1), as corrected
by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following indent is added in point 12zze (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32020 R 0217: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217 of 4 October 2019(OJ L 44, 18.2.2020, p. 1), as
corrected by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13.’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/217, as corrected by OJ L 51, 25.2.2020, p. 13, in the Icelandic and Norwegian
languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 12 December 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the
EEA Agreement have been made*.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European
Union.
(1) OJ L 44, 18.2.2020, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.L 240/50 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2023
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI