# L_2017008EN.01000701.xml

| 12.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 8/7 |
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12.1.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 8/7

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 179/2015

of 10 July 2015

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/19]

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 Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/573 of 30 January 2015 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in polyvinyl chloride sensors in in-vitro diagnostic medical devices (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/573 of 30 January 2015 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in polyvinyl chloride sensors in in-vitro diagnostic medical devices (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/574 of 30 January 2015 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for mercury in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/574 of 30 January 2015 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for mercury in intravascular ultrasound imaging systems (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents are added in point 12q (Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 L 0573: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/573 of 30 January 2015 (OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 4), |
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32015 L 0573: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/573 of 30 January 2015 (OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 4),

| — | 32015 L 0574: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/574 of 30 January 2015 (OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 6).’ |
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32015 L 0574: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2015/574 of 30 January 2015 (OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 6).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Directives (EU) 2015/573 and (EU) 2015/574 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 11 July 2015, 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, 10 July 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 4.

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(2)  
  OJ L 94, 10.4.2015, p. 6.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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