Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 174/2013 of 8 October 2013 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 174/2013 of 8 October 2013 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1179/2012 of 10 December 2012 establishing criteria determining when glass cullet ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is inserted after point 32ffa (Council Regulation (EU) No 333/2011) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement:
32012 R 1179: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1179/2012 of 10 December 2012 establishing criteria determining when glass cullet ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 337, 11.12.2012, p. 31).
The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
In Article 2(4), the words “or the territory of the EFTA States” shall be inserted after the words “the customs territory of the Union”.’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 1179/2012 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 9 October 2013, 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.