# L_2019323EN.01003701.xml

| 12.12.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 323/37 |
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12.12.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 323/37

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 19/2018

of 9 February 2018

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2055]

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) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2016/425 repeals, with effect from 21 April 2018, Council Directive 89/686/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 21 April 2018. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2016/425 repeals, with effect from 21 April 2018, Council Directive 89/686/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 21 April 2018.

| (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 XXII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| (1) | the following point is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC):






  ‘2. | 32016 R 0425: Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).’ |
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(1)

the following point is inserted after point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC):

‘2.

32016 R 0425: Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).’

| (2) | the text of point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 21 April 2018. |
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(2)

the text of point 1 (Council Directive 89/686/EEC) shall be deleted with effect from 21 April 2018.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51.

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(2)  
  OJ L 399, 30.12.1989, p. 18.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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