Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 15/2008 of 1 February 2008 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 15/2008 of 1 February 2008 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 169/2007 of 7 December 2007(1).
Commission Decision 2006/799/EC of 3 November 2006 establishing revised ecological criteria and the related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to soil improvers(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
Decision 2006/799/EC repeals Commission Decision 2001/688/EC(3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The text of point 2d (Commission Decision 2001/688/EC) of Annex XX to the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
‘32006 D 0799: Commission Decision 2006/799/EC of 3 November 2006 establishing revised ecological criteria and the related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the Community eco-label to soil improvers (OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 28).’
Article 2
The text of Decision 2006/799/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.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(****).
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.