# L_2017308EN.01001201.xml

| 23.11.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 308/12 |
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23.11.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/12

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 111/2016

of 3 June 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2129]

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 Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of lead in certain foodstuffs (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of lead in certain foodstuffs (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of inorganic arsenic in foodstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (3) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(3)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (4) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(4)

Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents are added in point 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 R 1005: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 of 25 June 2015 (OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 9), |
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32015 R 1005: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 of 25 June 2015 (OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 9),

| — | 32015 R 1006: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 (OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 14).’ |
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32015 R 1006: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1006 of 25 June 2015 (OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 14).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/1005 and (EU) 2015/1006 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 June 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, 3 June 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 9.

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(2)  
  OJ L 161, 26.6.2015, p. 14.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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