# L_2018080EN.01001701.xml

| 22.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 80/17 |
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22.3.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 80/17

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 175/2016

of 23 September 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/433]

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) 2016/1028 of 19 April 2016 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders of electrical connections to temperature measurement sensors in certain devices (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1028 of 19 April 2016 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for lead in solders of electrical connections to temperature measurement sensors in certain devices (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1029 of 19 April 2016 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium anodes in Hersch cells for certain oxygen sensors used in industrial monitoring and control instruments (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1029 of 19 April 2016 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for cadmium anodes in Hersch cells for certain oxygen sensors used in industrial monitoring and control instruments (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:

| ‘— | 32016 L 1028: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1028 of 19 April 2016 (OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 13), |
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32016 L 1028: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1028 of 19 April 2016 (OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 13),

| — | 32016 L 1029: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1029 of 19 April 2016 (OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 15).’ |
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32016 L 1029: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2016/1029 of 19 April 2016 (OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 15).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Directives (EU) 2016/1028 and (EU) 2016/1029 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 24 September 2016, 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, 23 September 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

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(1)  
  OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 13.

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(2)  
  OJ L 168, 25.6.2016, p. 15.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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