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| 22.11.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 297/41 |

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 32/2017

of 3 February 2017

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1766]

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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1433 of 26 August 2016 on recognition of the ‘Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme’ for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [(1)](#ntr1-L_2018297EN.01004101-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 point is inserted after point 6au (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1362) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

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| ‘6av. | 32016 D 1433: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1433 of 26 August 2016 on recognition of the “Biomass Biofuels Sustainability voluntary scheme” for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ([OJ L 232, 27.8.2016, p. 13](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:L:2016:232:TOC)).’ |

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1433 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 4 February 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made [(\*1)](#ntr*1-L_2018297EN.01004101-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, 3 February 2017.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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