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| 22.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 80/25 |
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22.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/25

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 181/2016

of 23 September 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/439]

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) 2016/370 of 15 March 2016 approving the active substance pinoxaden, 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, amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 and allowing the Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for that active substance (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370 of 15 March 2016 approving the active substance pinoxaden, 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, amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 and allowing the Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for that active substance (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 0370: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370 of 15 March 2016 (OJ L 70, 16.3.2016, p. 7).’; |
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(1)

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

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32016 R 0370: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370 of 15 March 2016 (OJ L 70, 16.3.2016, p. 7).’;

| (2) | the following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzz (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/182):






  ‘13zzzzzza. | 32016 R 0370: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370 of 15 March 2016 approving the active substance pinoxaden, 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, amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 and allowing the Member States to extend provisional authorisations granted for that active substance (OJ L 70, 16.3.2016, p. 7).’ |
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(2)

the following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzz (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/182):

‘13zzzzzza.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/370 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 70, 16.3.2016, p. 7.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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