# L_2019128EN.01002601.xml

| 16.5.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 128/26 |
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16.5.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/26

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 133/2017

of 7 July 2017

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/740]

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) 2017/157 of 30 January 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance thiabendazole 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/157 of 30 January 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance thiabendazole 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 approving the active substance oxathiapiprolin 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 approving the active substance oxathiapiprolin 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/243 of 10 February 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 as regards the co-rapporteur Member State for the active substance metaldehyde (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(3)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/243 of 10 February 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 as regards the co-rapporteur Member State for the active substance metaldehyde (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (4) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance linuron, 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(4)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance linuron, 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (5) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(5)

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 indents are added to point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






  — | ‘— | 32017 R 0157: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/157 of 30 January 2017 (OJ L 25, 31.1.2017, p. 5), |
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1.

The following indents are added to point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):

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| — | 32017 R 0239: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 39), |
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32017 R 0239: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 39),

| — | 32017 R 0244: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 54).’ |
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32017 R 0244: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 54).’

| 2. | The following indent is added to point 13zzze (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012):






  — | ‘— | 32017 R 0243: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/243 of 10 February 2017 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 53).’ |
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2.

The following indent is added to point 13zzze (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012):

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‘—

| 3. | The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzs (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1826):






  ‘13zzzzzzt. | 32017 R 0157: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/157 of 30 January 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance thiabendazole 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 25, 31.1.2017, p. 5). |
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3.

The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzs (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1826):

‘13zzzzzzt.

32017 R 0157: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/157 of 30 January 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance thiabendazole 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 25, 31.1.2017, p. 5).

| 13zzzzzzu. | 32017 R 0239: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 approving the active substance oxathiapiprolin 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 39). |
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13zzzzzzu.

32017 R 0239: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/239 of 10 February 2017 approving the active substance oxathiapiprolin 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 39).

| 13zzzzzzv. | 32017 R 0244: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance linuron, 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 54).’ |
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13zzzzzzv.

32017 R 0244: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/244 of 10 February 2017 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance linuron, 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, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 54).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/157, (EU) 2017/239, (EU) 2017/243 and (EU) 2017/244 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 8 July 2017, 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, 7 July 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Sabine MONAUNI

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(1)  
  OJ L 25, 31.1.2017, p. 5.

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(2)  
  OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 39.

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(3)  
  OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 53.

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(4)  
  OJ L 36, 11.2.2017, p. 54.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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