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:

(1)

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.

(2)

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2018, Council Directive 89/686/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 21 April 2018.

(3)

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:

(1)

the following point is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC):

‘2.

32016 R 0425: 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 (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).’

(2)

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.