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| 13.12.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 341/14 |
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13.12.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 341/14

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 163/2012

of 28 September 2012

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2012 of 9 February 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (CMR substances) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2012 of 9 February 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards Annex XVII (CMR substances) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) No 125/2012 of 14 February 2012 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (‘REACH’) (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 125/2012 of 14 February 2012 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (‘REACH’) (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 shall be added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32012 R 0109: Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2012 of 9 February 2012 (OJ L 37, 10.2.2012, p. 1), |
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32012 R 0109: Commission Regulation (EU) No 109/2012 of 9 February 2012 (OJ L 37, 10.2.2012, p. 1),

| — | 32012 R 0125: Commission Regulation (EU) No 125/2012 of 14 February 2012 (OJ L 41, 15.2.2012, p. 1).’. |
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32012 R 0125: Commission Regulation (EU) No 125/2012 of 14 February 2012 (OJ L 41, 15.2.2012, p. 1).’.

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 109/2012 and (EU) No 125/2012 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 1 November 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA 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, 28 September 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

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(1)  
  OJ L 37, 10.2.2012, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 41, 15.2.2012, p. 1.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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