DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 90/2016

of 29 April 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2040]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1735 of 24 September 2015 on the precise position of the general warning and the information message on roll-your-own tobacco marketed in pouches (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1842 of 9 October 2015 on the technical specifications for the layout, design and shape of the combined health warnings for tobacco products for smoking (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following points are inserted after point 3 (Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘3a.	32015 D 1735: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1735 of 24 September 2015 on the precise position of the general warning and the information message on roll-your-own tobacco marketed in pouches (OJ L 252, 29.9.2015, p. 49).

3b.	32015 D 1842: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1842 of 9 October 2015 on the technical specifications for the layout, design and shape of the combined health warnings for tobacco products for smoking (OJ L 267, 14.10.2015, p. 5).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2015/1735 and (EU) 2015/1842 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 30 April 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating Directive 2014/40/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council into the EEA Agreement, whichever is the later.

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, 29 April 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 252, 29.9.2015, p. 49.

(2) OJ L 267, 14.10.2015, p. 5.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.