DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 48/2008

of 25 April 2008

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 25/2008 of 14 March 2008 (1).

(2)	Commission Directive 2007/69/EC of 29 November 2007 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include difethialone as an active substance in Annex I thereto (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)	Commission Directive 2007/70/EC of 29 November 2007 amending Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to include carbon dioxide as an active substance in Annex IA thereto (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4)	Commission Decision 2007/794/EC of 29 November 2007 setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

the following indents shall be added in point 12n (Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘—	32007 L 0069: Commission Directive 2007/69/EC of 29 November 2007 (OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 23),

—	32007 L 0070: Commission Directive 2007/70/EC of 29 November 2007 (OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 26).’;

the following point shall be inserted after point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘12zd.

32007 D 0794: Commission Decision 2007/794/EC of 29 November 2007 setting a new deadline for the submission of dossiers for certain substances to be examined under the 10-year work programme referred to in Article 16(2) of Directive 98/8/EC (OJ L 320, 6.12.2007, p. 35).’.

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2007/69/EC and 2007/70/EC and Decision 2007/794/EC 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 26 April 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 25 April 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(1) OJ L 182, 10.7.2008, p. 11.

(2) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 23.

(3) OJ L 312, 30.11.2007, p. 26.

(4) OJ L 320, 6.12.2007, p. 35.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.