# L_2018080EN.01001901.xml

| 22.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 80/19 |
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22.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/19

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 177/2016

of 23 September 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/435]

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 Regulation (EU) 2016/1005 of 22 June 2016 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards asbestos fibres (chrysotile) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1005 of 22 June 2016 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards asbestos fibres (chrysotile) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 of 23 June 2016 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards inorganic ammonium salts (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 of 23 June 2016 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards inorganic ammonium salts (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 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32016 R 1005: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1005 of 22 June 2016 (OJ L 165, 23.6.2016, p. 4), |
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32016 R 1005: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1005 of 22 June 2016 (OJ L 165, 23.6.2016, p. 4),

| — | 32016 R 1017: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 of 23 June 2016 (OJ L 166, 24.6.2016, p. 1).’ |
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32016 R 1017: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 of 23 June 2016 (OJ L 166, 24.6.2016, p. 1).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2016/1005 and (EU) 2016/1017 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 165, 23.6.2016, p. 4.

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(2)  
  OJ L 166, 24.6.2016, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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