2023/2551

30.11.2023

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 154/2023

of 13 June 2023

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2551]

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 Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009 ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for light sources and separate control gears pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009, (EC) No 245/2009 and (EU) No 1194/2012 ( 3 ) , as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 22 , is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electronic displays pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 ( 4 ) , as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 23 , is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010 ( 5 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(6) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household washing machines and household washer-dryers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 ( 6 ) , as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 24 , is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(7) Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2024 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 7 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(8) Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 amending Regulations (EU) 2019/424, (EU) 2019/1781, (EU) 2019/2019, (EU) 2019/2020, (EU) 2019/2021, (EU) 2019/2022, (EU) 2019/2023 and (EU) 2019/2024 with regard to ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products, electric motors and variable speed drives, refrigerating appliances, light sources and separate control gears, electronic displays, household dishwashers, household washing machines and household washer-dryers and refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function ( 8 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(9) Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009 ( 9 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(10) Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 repeals Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009 ( 10 ) , (EC) No 245/2009 ( 11 ) and (EU) No 1194/2012 ( 12 ) , which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(11) Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 ( 13 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(12) Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010 ( 14 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(13) Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 repeals Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 ( 15 ) , which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(14) Annexes II and IV to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter IV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The text of point 6b (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010) is replaced by the following:

‘ 32019 R 2023 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household washing machines and household washer-dryers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 285 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 24 , as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The text of point 6c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010) is replaced by the following:

‘ 32019 R 2022 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 267 ), as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The text of point 6g (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012) is replaced by the following:

‘ 32019 R 2020 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for light sources and separate control gears pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009, (EC) No 245/2009 and (EU) No 1194/2012 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 209 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 22 , as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following indent is added in point 6i (Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013):

‘-

32019 R 0424 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 ( OJ L 74, 18.3.2019, p. 46 ).’

The following is added in point 6s (Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781):

‘, as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following is inserted after point 6t (Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1782):

‘6u.

32019 R 0424 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 ( OJ L 74, 18.3.2019, p. 46 ), as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

6v.

32019 R 2019 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009, as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

6w.

32019 R 2021 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electronic displays pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 241 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 23 , as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

6x.

32019 R 2024 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2024 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 313 ), as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following indents are added in point 8 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008):

‘-

32019 R 2021 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 241 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 23 ,

- 32019 R 2022 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 267 ),

- 32019 R 2023 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 285 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 24 .’

The texts of points 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009), 11 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009), 15 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009) and 16 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009) are deleted.

Article 2

Annex IV to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

The text of point 26c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010) is replaced by the following:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The text of point 26d (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010) is replaced by the following:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The text of point 26h (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012) is replaced by the following:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following indent is added in point 26j (Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013):

‘-

32019 R 0424 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 ( OJ L 74, 18.3.2019, p. 46 ).’

The following is added in point 26t (Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781):

‘, as amended by:

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following is inserted after point 26u (Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1782):

‘26v.

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

26w.

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

26x.

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).

26y.

— 32021 R 0341 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/341 of 23 February 2021 ( OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 ).’

The following indents are added in point 31 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008):

‘-

32019 R 2021 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 241 ), corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 23 ,

- 32019 R 2022 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 267 ),

- 32019 R 2023 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 ( OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 285 ), as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 24 .’

The texts of points 33 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009), 34 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 245/2009), 38 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009) and 39 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009) are deleted.

Article 3

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2019/424, (EU) 2019/2019, (EU) 2019/2020, as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 22 , (EU) 2019/2021, as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 23 , (EU) 2019/2022, (EU) 2019/2023, as corrected by OJ L 50, 24.2.2020, p. 24 , (EU) 2019/2024 and (EU) 2021/341 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 14 June 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

Article 5

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, 13 June 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 74, 18.3.2019, p. 46 .

( 2 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 187 .

( 3 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 209 .

( 4 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 241 .

( 5 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 267 .

( 6 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 285 .

( 7 ) OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 313 .

( 8 ) OJ L 68, 26.2.2021, p. 108 .

( 9 ) OJ L 191, 23.7.2009, p. 53 .

( 10 ) OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 3 .

( 11 ) OJ L 76, 24.3.2009, p. 17 .

( 12 ) OJ L 342, 14.12.2012, p. 1 .

( 13 ) OJ L 191, 23.7.2009, p. 42 .

( 14 ) OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 31 .

( 15 ) OJ L 293, 11.11.2010, p. 21 .

( *1 ) Constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2551/oj

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