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| 18.12.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 339/100 |
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18.12.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 339/100

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 112/2008

of 7 November 2008

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) and Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 26/2008 of 14 March 2008 (1). |
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(1)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 26/2008 of 14 March 2008 (1).

| (2) | Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 106/2008 of 26 September 2008 (2). |
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(2)

Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 106/2008 of 26 September 2008 (2).

| (3) | Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following point shall be inserted after point 9a (Commission Decision 2007/205/EC) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the Agreement:

| ‘9b. | 32006 R 0842: Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  Article 6 shall not apply.’ |
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‘9b.

32006 R 0842: Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 6 shall not apply.’

Article 2

The following point shall be inserted after point 21ap (Commission Decision 2005/381/EC) of Annex XX to the Agreement:

| ‘21aq. | 32006 R 0842: Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1).
  The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:
  Article 6 shall not apply.’ |
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‘21aq.

32006 R 0842: Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases (OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 6 shall not apply.’

Article 3

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 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 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 8 November 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1).

Article 5

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 November 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

H.S.H. Prinz Nikolaus von LIECHTENSTEIN

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(1)  
  OJ L 182, 10.7.2008, p. 15.

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(2)  
  OJ L 309, 20.11.2008, p. 33.

2

(3)  
  OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.

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