# L_2017189EN.01002501.xml

| 20.7.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 189/25 |
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20.7.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 189/25

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 18/2016

of 5 February 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1301]

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) 2015/1981 of 4 November 2015 approving Formaldehyde released from N,N-Methylenebismorpholine as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 6 and 13 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1981 of 4 November 2015 approving Formaldehyde released from N,N-Methylenebismorpholine as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 6 and 13 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1982 of 4 November 2015 approving hexaflumuron as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1982 of 4 November 2015 approving hexaflumuron as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1985 of 4 November 2015 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on an anti-viral tissue impregnated with citric acid (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1985 of 4 November 2015 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on an anti-viral tissue impregnated with citric acid (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 points are inserted after point 12nns (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1759) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘12nnt. | 32015 R 1981: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1981 of 4 November 2015 approving Formaldehyde released from N,N-Methylenebismorpholine as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 6 and 13 (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 9). |
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‘12nnt.

32015 R 1981: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1981 of 4 November 2015 approving Formaldehyde released from N,N-Methylenebismorpholine as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-types 6 and 13 (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 9).

| 12nnu. | 32015 R 1982: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1982 of 4 November 2015 approving hexaflumuron as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 13). |
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12nnu.

32015 R 1982: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1982 of 4 November 2015 approving hexaflumuron as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products for product-type 18 (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 13).

| 12nnv. | 32015 D 1985: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1985 of 4 November 2015 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on an anti-viral tissue impregnated with citric acid (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 26).’ |
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12nnv.

32015 D 1985: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1985 of 4 November 2015 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on an anti-viral tissue impregnated with citric acid (OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 26).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2015/1981 and (EU) 2015/1982 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/1985 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 289, 5.11.2015, p. 9.

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(2)  
  OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 13.

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(3)  
  OJ L 289, 5.11.2015, p. 26.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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