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| 15.3.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 73/21 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 148/2016

of 8 July 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/370]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

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| (1) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/266 of 7 December 2015 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) [(1)](#ntr1-L_2018073EN.01002101-E0001) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |

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| (2) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 12zza (Commission Regulation (EC) No 440/2008) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

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| ‘— | 32016 R 0266: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/266 of 7 December 2015 ([OJ L 54, 1.3.2016, p. 1](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:054:TOC)).’ |

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/266 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 9 July 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2018073EN.01002101-E0002).

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, 8 July 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

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