# L_2017270EN.01003401.xml

| 19.10.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 270/34 |
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19.10.2017

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 270/34

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 63/2016

of 18 March 2016

amending Protocol 47 (on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1893]

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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/596 of 15 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 as regards the increase in the maximum total sulphur dioxide content where the climate conditions make this necessary (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/596 of 15 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 606/2009 as regards the increase in the maximum total sulphur dioxide content where the climate conditions make this necessary (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine 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 seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein. |
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(2)

This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine 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 seventh paragraph of the introduction to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

| (3) | Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly. |
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(3)

Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent is added in point 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2009) of Appendix 1 of Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘— | 32015 R 0596: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/596 of 15 April 2015 (OJ L 99, 16.4.2015, p. 21).’ |
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32015 R 0596: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/596 of 15 April 2015 (OJ L 99, 16.4.2015, p. 21).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/596 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 19 March 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, 18 March 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 99, 16.4.2015, p. 21.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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