EN Official Journal of the European Union L 291/19

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 64/2013

of 3 May 2013

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 (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 of 31 August 2012 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2013, 2014 and 2015 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 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 repeals Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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.

(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 text of point 68 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011) is deleted;

(2) the following is inserted after point 73 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1048/2012): ‘74. 32012 R 0788: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 788/2012 of 31 August 2012 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2013, 2014 and 2015 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 235, 1.9.2012, p. 8). The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations: (a) The following shall be added in Article 1: “Iceland may for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 continue to sample and analyse for the same 61 pesticides as monitored in foodstuffs on its market in 2012.” (b) 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 788/2012 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 4 May 2013, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (3).

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, 3 May 2013. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Gianluca GRIPPA

(1) OJ L 235, 1.9.2012, p. 8.

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

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.