Date: 2023-06-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 309/2022 of 9 December 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1251]
## Policy Summary: EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 309/2022
This decision, enacted by the EEA Joint Committee on December 9, 2022, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2022/692, issued on February 16, 2022, adapts Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling, and packaging of substances and mixtures to technical and scientific progress. The full text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692, as corrected by OJ L 146, 25.5.2022, p. 150, in Icelandic and Norwegian, will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and is considered authentic. This decision came into force on December 10, 2022, following completion of notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Kristjn Andri Stefansson.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for decisions regarding the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Article 98: Article of the EEA Agreement related to amending Annex II.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/692: A European Union regulation amending 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: Annex II to the EEA Agreement concerning technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.
Article 103(1): Article of the EEA Agreement related to notifications.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
L 164/34 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 309/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/1251]
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) 2022/692 of 16 February 2022 amending, 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(1), as corrected by OJ L 146,
25.5.2022, p. 150, 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:
‘- 32022 R 0692: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692 of 16 February 2022(OJ L 129, 3.5.2022, p. 1), as
corrected by OJ L 146, 25.5.2022, p. 150.’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/692, as corrected by OJ L 146, 25.5.2022, p. 150, 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 10 December 2022, 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 129, 3.5.2022, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.29.6.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 164/35
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON