# L_2008154EN.01001501.xml

| 12.6.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 154/15 |
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12.6.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 154/15

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 8/2008

of 1 February 2008

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) 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 156/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1). |
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(1)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 156/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1).

| (2) | Commission Decision 2007/597/EC of 27 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Decision 2007/597/EC of 27 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Decision 2007/639/EC of 2 October 2007 establishing a common format for the submission of data and information pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning persistent organic pollutants (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Commission Decision 2007/639/EC of 2 October 2007 establishing a common format for the submission of data and information pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning persistent organic pollutants (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following points shall be inserted after point 12y (Commission Decision 2007/395/EC) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

| ‘12z. | 32007 D 0597: Commission Decision 2007/597/EC of 27 August 2007 concerning the non-inclusion of guazatine triacetate in Annex I, IA or IB to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (OJ L 230, 1.9.2007, p. 18). |
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| 12za. | 32007 D 0639: Commission Decision 2007/639/EC of 2 October 2007 establishing a common format for the submission of data and information pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 39).’ |
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Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2007/597/EC and 2007/639/EC 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 2 February 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 18.

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(2)  
  OJ L 230, 1.9.2007, p. 18.

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(3)  
  OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 39.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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