Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement (Fuel Quality Directive)

In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity of the Internal Market, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant EU legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee aims to amend Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement in order to incorporate Directive 2009/30/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC.

Since the EEA EFTA States are requesting adaptations which derogate from the EU acquis and introduce changes which are more than mere technical adjustments, as foreseen in Article 1(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94, the corresponding EU position shall be adopted by the Council.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)334: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:334:FIN

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