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| 23.8.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 215/32 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 235/2016

of 2 December 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1173]

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) 2016/1688 of 20 September 2016 amending Annex VII to 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 skin sensitisation [(1)](#ntr1-L_2018215EN.01003201-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 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

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| ‘— | 32016 R 1688: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1688 of 20 September 2016 ([OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 14](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:255:TOC)).’ |

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1688 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 3 December 2016, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2018215EN.01003201-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, 2 December 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR

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