DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 257/2015

of 30 October 2015

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1046]

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) 2015/1494 of 4 September 2015 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards benzene (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘—	32015 R 1494: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1494 of 4 September 2015 (OJ L 233, 5.9.2015, p. 2).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) 2015/1494 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 1 November 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

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.

Done at Brussels, 30 October 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda SLETNES

(1) OJ L 233, 5.9.2015, p. 2.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.