# L_2018297EN.01004001.xml

| 22.11.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 297/40 |
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22.11.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 297/40

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 31/2017

of 3 February 2017

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1765]

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) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC 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) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (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 6as (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/887) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘6at. | 32016 D 1361: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 33). |
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‘6at.

32016 D 1361: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1361 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 33).

| 6au. | 32016 D 1362: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 35).’ |
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6au.

32016 D 1362: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362 of 9 August 2016 on recognition of the “Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials EU RED” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directives 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 35).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Decisions (EU) 2016/1361 and (EU) 2016/1362 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 4 February 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, 3 February 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 33.

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(2)  
  OJ L 215, 10.8.2016, p. 35.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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