# L_2023106EN.01002001.xml

| 20.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 106/20 |
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20.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 106/20

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 237/2022

of 23 September 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/766]

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) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 authorising the placing on the market of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 authorising the placing on the market of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

| (2) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 authorising the placing on the market of Coffea arabica L. and/or Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner dried cherry pulp and its infusion as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. |
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(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 authorising the placing on the market of Coffea arabica L. and/or Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner dried cherry pulp and its infusion as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (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 indents are added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):






  ‘— | 32021 R 2191: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 (OJ L 445, 13.12.2021, p. 1), |
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1.

The following indents are added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):

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32021 R 2191: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 (OJ L 445, 13.12.2021, p. 1),

| — | 32022 R 0047: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 29).’ |
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32022 R 0047: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 29).’

| 2. | The following points are inserted after point 206 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2129):






  ‘207. | 32021 R 2191: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 authorising the placing on the market of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 445, 13.12.2021, p. 1). |
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2.

The following points are inserted after point 206 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2129):

‘207.

32021 R 2191: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2191 of 10 December 2021 authorising the placing on the market of fresh plants of Wolffia arrhiza and/or Wolffia globosa as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 445, 13.12.2021, p. 1).

| 208. | 32022 R 0047: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 authorising the placing on the market of Coffea arabica L. and/or Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner dried cherry pulp and its infusion as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 29).’ |
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208.

32022 R 0047: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/47 of 13 January 2022 authorising the placing on the market of Coffea arabica L. and/or Coffea canephora Pierre ex A.Froehner dried cherry pulp and its infusion as a traditional food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 29).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/2191 and (EU) 2022/47 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 24 September 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).

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, 23 September 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON

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(1)  
  OJ L 445, 13.12.2021, p. 1.

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(2)  
  OJ L 9, 14.1.2022, p. 29.

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(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.

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