Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 200/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2002]
**Policy Summary:**
This decision, EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 202/2020 of 11 December 2020, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 of 19 May 2020 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 adapts Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures to technical and scientific progress. The amendment is added as indent 32020 R 1182 to point 12zze of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 within Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on 12 December 2020, following notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement providing the legal basis for the decision.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2020/1182: A regulation amending Annex VI to Regulation EC No 1272/2008.
Regulation EC No 1272/2008: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: Annex to the EEA Agreement pertaining to technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.
Article 103: Article of the EEA Agreement concerning notifications.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/51
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 200/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2002]
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) 2020/1182 of 19 May 2020amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to
technical and scientific progress, Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament
and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures(1) 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 1182: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 of 19 May 2020(OJ L 261, 11.8.2020, p. 2).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1182 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.
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI
(1) OJ L 261, 11.8.2020, p. 2.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.