# L_2023049EN.01002401.xml

| 16.2.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 49/24 |
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16.2.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 49/24

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 9/2020

of 7 February 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/287]

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 Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in certain rubber components used in engine systems (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in certain rubber components used in engine systems (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1846 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders used in certain combustion engines (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1846 of 8 August 2019 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders used in certain combustion engines (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 indents are added in point 12q (Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32019 L 1845: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 (OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 38), |
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32019 L 1845: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1845 of 8 August 2019 (OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 38),

| — | 32019 L 1846: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1846 of 8 August 2019 (OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 41).’ |
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32019 L 1846: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2019/1846 of 8 August 2019 (OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 41).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Directives (EU) 2019/1845 and (EU) 2019/1846 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 February 2020, 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 February 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

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(1)  
  OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 38.

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(2)  
  OJ L 283, 5.11.2019, p. 41.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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