# L_2018080EN.01002601.xml

| 22.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 80/26 |
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22.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/26

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 182/2016

of 23 September 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/440]

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 Regulation (EU) 2016/389 of 17 March 2016 renewing the approval of the active substance acibenzolar-S-methyl in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/389 of 17 March 2016 renewing the approval of the active substance acibenzolar-S-methyl in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| (1) | the following indent is added to point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






  ‘— | 32016 R 0389: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/389 of 17 March 2016 (OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 77).’; |
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(1)

the following indent is added to point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):

‘—

32016 R 0389: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/389 of 17 March 2016 (OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 77).’;

| (2) | the following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzza (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370):






  ‘13zzzzzzb. | 32016 R 0389: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/389 of 17 March 2016 renewing the approval of the active substance acibenzolar-S-methyl in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 77).’ |
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(2)

the following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzza (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370):

‘13zzzzzzb.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/389 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 24 September 2016, 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, 23 September 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

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(1)  
  OJ L 73, 18.3.2016, p. 77.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

*1

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