DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 58/2019

of 29 March 2019

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/812]

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 Regulation (EU) 2018/1461 of 28 September 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of Low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (L-HPC) in food supplements (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1462 of 28 September 2018 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specifications for certain sorbitan esters (E 491 Sorbitan monostearate, E 492 Sorbitan tristearate and E 495 Sorbitan monopalmitate) (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1472 of 28 September 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards Cochineal, Carminic acid, Carmines (E 120) (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1481 of 4 October 2018 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards octyl gallate (E 311) and dodecyl gallate (E 312) (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1482 of 4 October 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards caffeine and theobromine (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(6) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1497 of 8 October 2018 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards food category 17 and the use of food additives in food supplements (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(7) Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1649 of 5 November 2018 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards removal from the Union list of certain flavouring substances (7) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(8) 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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 2 The texts of Regulations (EU) 2018/1461, (EU) 2018/1462, (EU) 2018/1472, (EU) 2018/1481, (EU) 2018/1482, (EU) 2018/1497 and (EU) 2018/1649 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 30 March 2019, 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, 29 March 2019. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 245, 1.10.2018, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 245, 1.10.2018, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 247, 3.10.2018, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 251, 5.10.2018, p. 13.

(5) OJ L 251, 5.10.2018, p. 19.

(6) OJ L 253, 9.10.2018, p. 36.

(7) OJ L 275, 6.11.2018, p. 7.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.