# L_2020228EN.01002201.xml

| 16.7.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 228/22 |
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16.7.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 228/22

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 13/2019

of 8 February 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/932]

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 Decision (EU) 2018/1622 of 29 October 2018 on the non-approval of certain active substances in biocidal products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1622 of 29 October 2018 on the non-approval of certain active substances in biocidal products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (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

The following points are inserted after point 12zzzzzq (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1479) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘12zzzzzr. | 32018 D 1622: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1622 of 29 October 2018 on the non-approval of certain active substances in biocidal products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 26). |
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‘12zzzzzr.

32018 D 1622: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1622 of 29 October 2018 on the non-approval of certain active substances in biocidal products pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 26).

| 12zzzzzs. | 32018 D 1623: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 30).’ |
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12zzzzzs.

32018 D 1623: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1623 of 29 October 2018 pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on mosquitoes non-naturally infected with Wolbachia used for vector control purposes (OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 30).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2018/1622 and (EU) 2018/1623 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 9 February 2019, 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, 8 February 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 26.

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(2)  
  OJ L 271, 30.10.2018, p. 30.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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