DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 15/2017

of 3 February 2017

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1749]

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) 2016/439 of 23 March 2016 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Cydia pomonella Granulovirus (CpGV), calcium carbide, potassium iodide, sodium hydrogen carbonate, rescalure and Beauveria bassiana strain ATCC 74040 and Beauveria bassiana strain GHA (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/440 of 23 March 2016 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for atrazine in or on certain products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/452 of 29 March 2016 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for captan, propiconazole and spiroxamine in or on certain products (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/486 of 29 March 2016 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cyazofamid, cycloxydim, difluoroacetic acid, fenoxycarb, flumetralin, fluopicolide, flupyradifurone, fluxapyroxad, kresoxim-methyl, mandestrobin, mepanipyrim, metalaxyl-M, pendimethalin and tefluthrin in or on certain products (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs and 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 sectoral adaptations to Annex I and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

(6) Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3 The texts of Regulations (EU) 2016/439, (EU) 2016/440, (EU) 2016/452 and (EU) 2016/486 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 4 This Decision shall enter into force on 4 February 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).

Article 5 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 February 2017. For the EEA Joint Committee The President Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 78, 24.3.2016, p. 31.

(2) OJ L 78, 24.3.2016, p. 34.

(3) OJ L 79, 30.3.2016, p. 10.

(4) OJ L 90, 6.4.2016, p. 1.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.