# L_2016341EN.01002501.xml

| 15.12.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 341/25 |
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15.12.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/25

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 140/2015

of 11 June 2015

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2175]

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) | Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 repeals Council Directive 70/157/EEC (2), with effect from 1 July 2027, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2027. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 repeals Council Directive 70/157/EEC (2), with effect from 1 July 2027, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 July 2027.

| (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

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

| (1) | the following is inserted after point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC):






  ‘2a. | 32014 R 0540: Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the sound level of motor vehicles and of replacement silencing systems, and amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directive 70/157/EEC (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 131).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
  in Annex IX, the following shall be added to point 4.2: | “IS for Iceland; |
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(1)

the following is inserted after point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC):

‘2a.

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

in Annex IX, the following shall be added to point 4.2:

“IS for Iceland;

| | FL for Liechtenstein; |
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FL for Liechtenstein;

| | 16 for Norway.”
  ’; |
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16 for Norway.”
  ’;

| (2) | the following indent is added in point 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32014 R 0540: Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 131).’; |
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(2)

the following indent is added in point 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32014 R 0540: Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 131).’;

| (3) | the text of point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2027. |
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(3)

the text of point 2 (Council Directive 70/157/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 1 July 2027.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EU) No 540/2014 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 12 June 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, 11 June 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gianluca GRIPPA

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(1)  
  OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 131.

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(2)  
  OJ L 42, 23.2.1970, p. 16.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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