EN Official Journal of the European Union L 309/36

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 151/2012

of 26 July 2012

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to the EEA Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 105/2012 of 15 June 2012 (1).

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 of 7 December 2011 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2012, 2013 and 2014 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008 of 5 December 2008 concerning a coordinated multiannual Community control programme for 2009, 2010 and 2011 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, has been repealed in the European Union and should consequently be repealed under the EEA Agreement.

(4) 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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1) the text of point 54zzzzb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008) shall be deleted;

(2) the following shall be inserted after point 67 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1171/2011): ‘68. 32011 R 1274: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 of 7 December 2011 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2012, 2013 and 2014 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 24). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: 1. the following shall be added in Article 1: “Iceland may for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 continue to sample and analyse for the same 61 pesticides as monitored in foodstuffs on its market in 2011.”; 2. the following shall be added in point 5 of Annex II: “IS 12 (*) 15 (**) NO 12 (*) 15 (**)” ’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 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 27 July 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (4).

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, 26 July 2012. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 270, 4.10.2012, p. 4.

(2) OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 24.

(3) OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 9.

(4) No constitutional requirements indicated.