DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 32/2017

of 3 February 2017

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1766]

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) 2016/1433 of 26 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 6au (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘6av.

32016 D 1433: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1433 of 26 August 2016 on recognition of the “Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 232, 27.8.2016, p. 13).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1433 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 4 February 2017, 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, 3 February 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 232, 27.8.2016, p. 13.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.