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12.12.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 323/37 |
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
No 19/2018
of 9 February 2018
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2055]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
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Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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Regulation (EU) 2016/425 repeals, with effect from 21 April 2018, Council Directive 89/686/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 21 April 2018. |
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Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Chapter XXII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
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the following point is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC):
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the text of point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 21 April 2018. |
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51.
(2) OJ L 399, 30.12.1989, p. 18.
(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.