# L_2023004EN.01002501.xml

| 5.1.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 4/25 |
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5.1.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 4/25

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 216/2019

of 27 September 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/21]

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 Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards updating the references to and including certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards updating the references to and including certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in points 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 45zza (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘— | 32019 R 0543: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 (OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 1).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in points 45zx (Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 45zza (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

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32019 R 0543: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 (OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 1).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 45zzw (Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400):






  ‘45zzx. | 32019 R 0543: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards updating the references to and including certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles (OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 1).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 45zzw (Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2400):

‘45zzx.

32019 R 0543: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/543 of 3 April 2019 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Annexes I, III and IV to Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards updating the references to and including certain Regulations of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the type-approval of motor vehicles (OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 1).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/543 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 28 September 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, 27 September 2019.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 95, 4.4.2019, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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