# L_2022175EN.01005701.xml

| 30.6.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 175/57 |
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30.6.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 175/57

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 35/2022

of 4 February 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1083]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of groups of operators (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of groups of operators (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1006 of 12 April 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the model of the certificate attesting compliance with the rules on organic production (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1006 of 12 April 2021 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the model of the certificate attesting compliance with the rules on organic production (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

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 54b (Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






  ‘- | 32021 R 1006: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1006 of 12 April 2021 (OJ L 222, 22.6.2021, p. 3).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 54b (Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘-

32021 R 1006: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1006 of 12 April 2021 (OJ L 222, 22.6.2021, p. 3).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 54be (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464):






  ‘54bf. | 32021 R 0771: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of groups of operators (OJ L 165, 11.5.2021, p. 25).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 54be (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/464):

‘54bf.

32021 R 0771: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/771 of 21 January 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down specific criteria and conditions for the checks of documentary accounts in the framework of official controls in organic production and the official controls of groups of operators (OJ L 165, 11.5.2021, p. 25).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulations (EU) 2021/771 and (EU) 2021/1006 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 5 February 2022, 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 31/2022 of 4 February 2022 (3), 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.

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 165, 11.5.2021, p. 25.

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(2)  
  OJ L 222, 22.6.2021, p. 3.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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(3)  See page 49 of this Official Journal.

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