# L_2023057EN.01001701.xml

| 23.2.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 57/17 |
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23.2.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 57/17

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 39/2020

of 20 March 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2023/353]

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) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (1), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (1), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 repeals Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 repeals Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Annexes II and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(3)

Annexes II and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

| 1. | The following point is inserted after point 1h (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656) of Chapter XXIV:






  ‘1i. | 32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’ |
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1.

The following point is inserted after point 1h (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/656) of Chapter XXIV:

‘1i.

32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on requirements relating to gaseous and particulate pollutant emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery, amending Regulations (EU) No 1024/2012 and (EU) No 167/2013, and amending and repealing Directive 97/68/EC (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’

| 2. | The following indent is added in point 40 (Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II:






  ‘— | 32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’ |
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2.

The following indent is added in point 40 (Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II:

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32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’

| 3. | The text of point 1a (Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXIV is deleted. |
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3.

The text of point 1a (Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXIV is deleted.

Article 2

The following indent is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex X to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’ |
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32016 R 1628: Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 (OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53), as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29.’

Article 3

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628, as corrected by OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 29, 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 21 March 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5

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, 20 March 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

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(1)  
  OJ L 252, 16.9.2016, p. 53.

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(2)  
  OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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