# L_2017189EN.01003001.xml

| 20.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 189/30 |
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20.7.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 189/30

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 21/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1304]

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 (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards benzisothiazolinone (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards benzisothiazolinone (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both individually and in a ratio of 3:1 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23 November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both individually and in a ratio of 3:1 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (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

The following indents are added in point 1a (Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 L 2115: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 17), |
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32015 L 2115: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 17),

| — | 32015 L 2116: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 20), |
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32015 L 2116: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 20),

| — | 32015 L 2117: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 23).’ |
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32015 L 2117: Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23 November 2015 (OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 23).’

Article 2

The texts of Directives (EU) 2015/2115, (EU) 2015/2116 and (EU) 2015/2117 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 6 February 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, 5 February 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 17.

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(2)  
  OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 20.

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(3)  
  OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 23.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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