# L_2023164EN.01004401.xml

| 29.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 164/44 |
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29.6.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 164/44

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 314/2022

of 9 December 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1256]

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) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 renewing the approval of the active substance bifenazate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 renewing the approval of the active substance bifenazate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly, |
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(2)

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

| 1. | The following indent is added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






  ‘- | 32022 R 0698: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 (OJ L 130, 4.5.2022, p. 3).’ |
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1.

The following indent is added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):

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32022 R 0698: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 (OJ L 130, 4.5.2022, p. 3).’

| 2. | The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzm (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/94):






  ‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzn. | 32022 R 0698: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 renewing the approval of the active substance bifenazate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 130, 4.5.2022, p. 3).’ |
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2.

The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzm (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/94):

‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzn.

32022 R 0698: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 of 3 May 2022 renewing the approval of the active substance bifenazate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 130, 4.5.2022, p. 3).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/698 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 December 2022, 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, 9 December 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 130, 4.5.2022, p. 3.

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(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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