# L_2020368EN.01002301.xml

| 5.11.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 368/23 |
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5.11.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 368/23

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 122/2018

of 31 May 2018

amending Protocol 47 (on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine) to the EEA Agreement [2020/1624]

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) 2017/2281 of 11 December 2017 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2017 in certain wine-growing regions of Germany and in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2281 of 11 December 2017 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2017 in certain wine-growing regions of Germany and in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden (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 point is inserted after point 15 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2147) of Appendix 1 to Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement:

| ‘16. | 32017 R 2281: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2281 of 11 December 2017 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2017 in certain wine-growing regions of Germany and in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden (OJ L 328, 12.12.2017, p. 17).’. |
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‘16.

32017 R 2281: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2281 of 11 December 2017 authorising an increase of the limits for the enrichment of wine produced using the grapes harvested in 2017 in certain wine-growing regions of Germany and in all wine-growing regions of Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden (OJ L 328, 12.12.2017, p. 17).’.

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2281 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 June 2018, 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, 31 May 2018.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 328, 12.12.2017, p. 17.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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