# L_2015202EN.01002201.xml

| 30.7.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 202/22 |
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30.7.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 202/22

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 174/2014

of 25 September 2014

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1242]

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) | Council Directives 76/117/EEC (1), 79/196/EEC (2) and 82/130/EEC (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement, were repealed by Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (4), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the references to Directives 76/117/EEC, 79/196/EEC and 82/130/EEC should be deleted from the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Council Directives 76/117/EEC (1), 79/196/EEC (2) and 82/130/EEC (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement, were repealed by Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (4), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and consequently the references to Directives 76/117/EEC, 79/196/EEC and 82/130/EEC should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Directive 94/26/EC (5), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Directive 94/26/EC (5), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has become obsolete and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | For practical reasons, the acts listed under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ in Chapter X of Annex II shall be renumbered. |
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(3)

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

| (4) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | the text of points 2 (Council Directive 76/117/EEC), 3 (Council Directive 79/196/EEC), 4 (Council Directive 82/130/EEC) and 7b (Commission Directive 94/26/EC) is deleted; |
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(1)

the text of points 2 (Council Directive 76/117/EEC), 3 (Council Directive 79/196/EEC), 4 (Council Directive 82/130/EEC) and 7b (Commission Directive 94/26/EC) is deleted;

| (2) | under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ points 8 (deleted) to 25 (deleted) are renumbered points 1 to 18. |
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(2)

under the heading ‘ACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE’ points 8 (deleted) to 25 (deleted) are renumbered points 1 to 18.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 September 2014, 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, 25 September 2014.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

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(1)  
  OJ L 24, 30.1.1976, p. 45.

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(2)  
  OJ L 43, 20.2.1979, p. 20.

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(3)  
  OJ L 59, 2.3.1982, p. 10.

3

(4)  
  OJ L 100, 19.4.1994, p. 1.

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(5)  
  OJ L 157, 24.6.1994, p. 33.

5

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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