CELEX: 22018D1177
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 239/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1177]

23.8.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 215/38
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 239/2016
         of 2 December 2016
         amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1177]
         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 Directive (EU) 2016/970 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (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 3q (Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XIX of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
            
                        ‘—
                     
                     
                        
                           32016 L 0970: Commission Directive (EU) 2016/970 of 27 May 2016 (OJ L 163, 21.6.2016, p. 1).’
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The text of Directive (EU) 2016/970 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).
         
         
            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
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 163, 21.6.2016, p. 1.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.