# L_2008223EN.01004501.xml

| 21.8.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 223/45 |
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21.8.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 223/45

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 49/2008

of 25 April 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 157/2007 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 157/2007 of 7 December 2007 (1).

| (2) | Commission Directive 2007/53/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC concerning cosmetic products for the purposes of adapting Annex III thereto to technical progress (2), as corrected by OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 21, is to be incorporated into the Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Directive 2007/53/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC concerning cosmetic products for the purposes of adapting Annex III thereto to technical progress (2), as corrected by OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 21, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

| (3) | Commission Directive 2007/54/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purpose of adapting Annexes II and III thereto to technical progress (3), as corrected by OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 44, is to be incorporated into the Agreement, |
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(3)

Commission Directive 2007/54/EC of 29 August 2007 amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC, concerning cosmetic products, for the purpose of adapting Annexes II and III thereto to technical progress (3), as corrected by OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 44, is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indents shall be added in point 1 (Council Directive 76/768/EEC) of Chapter XVI of Annex II to the Agreement:

| ‘— | 32007 L 0053: Commission Directive 2007/53/EC of 29 August 2007 (OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 19), as corrected by OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 21, |
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32007 L 0053: Commission Directive 2007/53/EC of 29 August 2007 (OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 19), as corrected by OJ L 22, 25.1.2008, p. 21,

| — | 32007 L 0054: Commission Directive 2007/54/EC of 29 August 2007 (OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 21), as corrected by OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 44.’ |
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32007 L 0054: Commission Directive 2007/54/EC of 29 August 2007 (OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 21), as corrected by OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 44.’

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2007/53/EC and 2007/54/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 26 April 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, 25 April 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

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(1)  
  OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 19.

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(2)  
  OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 19.

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(3)  
  OJ L 226, 30.8.2007, p. 21.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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