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32006 R 1907: Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1), as corrected by OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3. The Provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purpose of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) The EFTA States shall participate in the work of the European Chemicals Agency, hereinafter referred to as “the Agency”, as set up by European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1 to the Agreement, the term “Member State(s)” contained in the Regulation shall be understood to include, in addition to its meaning in the Regulation, the EFTA States. (c) As regards the EFTA States, the Agency shall, as and when appropriate, assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority or the Standing Committee, as the case may be, in the performance of their respective tasks. (d) For products covered by Council Directive 91/414/EEC, the EFTA States will be free to limit access to their markets according to the requirements of their legislation existing at the date of entry into force of this Agreement. New EC rules will be dealt with according to the procedures laid down in Articles 97 to 104 of the Agreement. (e) Should any disagreement between the contracting parties arise as to the administration of these provisions, Part VII of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis. (f) In Article 3, paragraph 10, the following shall be added at the end: “or into the territory of the EFTA States”. (g) Article 64 (8) shall be read with the following adaptation: “When the Commission takes authorisation decisions, the EFTA States will simultaneously and within 30 days of the Community Decision, take corresponding decisions. The EEA Joint Committee shall be informed and shall periodically publish lists of such decisions in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal.” (h) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 79: “4. The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Management Board and shall within it have the same rights and obligations as EC Member States, except for the right to vote. The internal rules of procedure of the Board shall give full effect to the EFTA States' participation.” (i) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 85: “10. The EFTA States shall participate fully in the Member State Committee, in the Committee for Risk Assessment and the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis, and shall have the same rights and obligations as EC Member States, except for the right to vote. The internal rules of procedure of these committees shall give full effect to the EFTA States' participation.” (j) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 86: “5. EFTA States shall participate in the Forum for Exchange of Information on Enforcement. The internal rules of procedure of this Forum shall give full effect to the EFTA States' participation.” (k) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 89: “Nationals of the EFTA States shall be eligible as members, or as alternates, of the Board of Appeal.” (l) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 96: “12. The EFTA States shall, as from the entry into force of this Decision, participate in the financing of the Agency. For this purpose the procedures laid down in Article 82(1)(a) and Protocol 32 of the Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis.” (m) The following shall be added in Article 102: “The EFTA States shall grant privileges and immunities to the Agency equivalent to those contained in the Protocol on privileges and immunities of the European Communities.” (n) The following paragraph shall be added to Article 103: “By way of derogation from Article 12(2)(a) of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, nationals of the EFTA States enjoying their full rights as citizens may be engaged under contract by the Executive Director of the Agency.” (o) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 118: “5. Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents shall, for the application of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, apply to any documents of the Agency regarding the EFTA States as well.” (p) The following paragraph shall be added in Article 124: “Liechtenstein shall not be obliged to establish a national helpdesk. Instead, Liechtenstein will publish a link to the helpdesk of the German Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on the homepage of the competent Liechtenstein authority for chemicals, the Office for Environmental Protection.”’