DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 116/2011

of 21 October 2011

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 96/2011 of 30 September 2011(1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) No 143/2011 of 17 February 2011 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (‘REACH’)(2), as corrected by

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, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) No 207/2011 of 2 March 2011 amending 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 Annex XVII (Diphenylether, pentabromo derivative and PFOS)(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents shall be added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘—

32011 R 0143

: Commission Regulation (EU) No 143/2011 of 17 February 2011 (

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), as corrected by

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— 32011 R 0207

: Commission Regulation (EU) No 207/2011 of 2 March 2011 (

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).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) No 143/2011, as corrected by

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, and (EU) No 207/2011 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 1 November 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(4).

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, 21 October 2011.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kurt JÄGER

(1)

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(2)

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(3)

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(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.