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Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1756

of 28 September 2016

determining the European Union position with regard to a decision of the management entities under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment, on the revision of specifications for displays included in Annex C to the Agreement

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision 2013/107/EU of 13 November 2012 on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment,f1 and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The Agreement allows the European Commission, together with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, to develop and periodically revise common specifications for office equipment, thereby amending Annex C to the Agreement.

(2)

The Commission determines the position to be adopted by the European Union on the amendment of the specifications.

(3)

The measures provided for in this Decision take account of the European Union Energy Star Board opinion referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf2.

(4)

The specification for displays provided in Part I. of Annex C should be repealed and replaced by the specifications annexed to this Decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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Footnotes

f1

OJ L 63, 6.3.2013, p. 5.

f2

Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on a Union energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (OJ L 39, 13.2.2008, p. 1).