# L_2017270EN.01001601.xml

| 19.10.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 270/16 |
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19.10.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 270/16

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 49/2016

of 18 March 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1879]

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 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 on drug precursors (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 on drug precursors (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 XIII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following is added in point 15x (Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

  ‘, as amended by:






  — | 32013 R 1258: Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 21).’ |
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1.

The following is added in point 15x (Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘, as amended by:

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32013 R 1258: Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 21).’

| 2. | In adaptation (b) of point 15x (Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council), the words ‘Article 15’ shall be replaced by ‘Article 14a’ and the reference to ‘Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90’ shall be replaced by a reference to ‘Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005’. |
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2.

In adaptation (b) of point 15x (Regulation (EC) No 273/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council), the words ‘Article 15’ shall be replaced by ‘Article 14a’ and the reference to ‘Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3677/90’ shall be replaced by a reference to ‘Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 111/2005’.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 1258/2013 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 19 March 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, 18 March 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 330, 10.12.2013, p. 21.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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