Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2015 of 25 February 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/506]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 18/2015 of 25 February 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/506]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Council Regulation (EU) No 518/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
The Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area(2) (‘the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement’) signed on 11 April 2014 in Brussels, has been provisionally applicable to its signatories since 12 April 2014, and this Decision shall therefore apply provisionally pending the entry into force of the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is added in point 13 (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
32013 R 0518: Council Regulation (EU) No 518/2013 of 13 May 2013 (OJ L 158, 10.6.2013, p. 72).’
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 518/2013 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 26 February 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made(***), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 203/2014 of 30 September 2014(4), or on the day of the entry into force of the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement, whichever is the later.
Pending the entry into force of the 2014 EEA Enlargement Agreement, this Decision shall apply provisionally from 26 February 2015, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made, or from the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 203/2014 of 30 September 2014, whichever is the later.
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.