DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 168/2013

of 8 October 2013

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Commission Decision 2012/32/EU of 19 January 2012 requiring Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters (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 point is inserted after point 1c (Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘1d.	32012 D 0032: Commission Decision 2012/32/EU of 19 January 2012 requiring Member States to prohibit the placing on the market of flail-type cutting attachments for portable hand-held brush cutters (OJ L 18, 21.1.2012, p. 5).’

Article 2

The texts of Decision 2012/32/EU 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 9 October 2013, 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, 8 October 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN

(1) OJ L 18, 21.1.2012, p. 5.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.