Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 9/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2045]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC⁽¹⁾ is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Regulation (EU) 2016/426 repeals, with effect from 21 April 2018, Directive 2009/142/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽²⁾, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 21 April 2018.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter V of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

the following point is inserted after point 3 (Council Directive 92/42/EEC):
- 32016 R 0426: Regulation (EU) 2016/426 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on appliances burning gaseous fuels and repealing Directive 2009/142/EC (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 99).’;
the text of point 2 (Directive 2009/142/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 21 April 2018.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/426 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 10 February 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made^(***).

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.