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Document 22013D0223

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 223/2013 of 13 December 2013 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

IO L 154, 22.5.2014, p. 20–20 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/223(2)/oj

22.5.2014   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/20


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 223/2013

of 13 December 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 Directive 2009/135/EC of 3 November 2009 allowing temporary derogations to certain eligibility criteria for whole blood and blood components donors laid down in Annex III to Directive 2004/33/EC in the context of a risk of shortage caused by the Influenza A(H1N1) pandemic (1), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, expired on 30 June 2010 and consequently the reference thereto should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

(2)

For practical reasons, the acts listed under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ in Chapter XIII of Annex II shall be renumbered.

(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The text of point 15zk (Directive 2009/135/EC) is deleted.

2.

Under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ points 16 (Commission Communication 310/86) to 18 (Commission Decision 2010/453/EU) are renumbered points 1 to 3.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 14 December 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 3

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, 13 December 2013.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Thórir IBSEN


(1)   OJ L 288, 4.11.2009, p. 7.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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