Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 6/2008 of 1 February 2008 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-02-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: analytical chemistry, cellulose, dangerous substance, food safety, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, packaging product, plastics

12.6.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 6/2008

of 1 February 2008

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, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 154/2007 of
7 December 2007 (1).

Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 amending Directive 2002/72/EC relating to plas-
tic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and Council Directive 85/572/EEC
laying down the list of simulants to be used for testing migration of constituents of plastic materials
and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (2), as corrected by OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 71
and OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 50, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Commission Directive 2007/42/EC of 29 June 2007 relating to materials and articles made of regen-
erated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs (3) is to be incorporated into the
Agreement.

Directive 2007/42/EC repeals Commission Directive 93/10/EEC (4), which is incorporated into the
Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1)

the following shall be added in point 36 (Council Directive 85/572/EEC):

‘, as amended by:

— 32007 L 0019: Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 (OJ L 91, 31.3.2007, p. 17),

as corrected by OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 71 and OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 50.’;

2)

the following indent shall be added in point 54zzb (Commission Directive 2002/72/EC):

‘— 32007 L 0019: Commission Directive 2007/19/EC of 30 March 2007 (OJ L 91, 31.3.2007, p. 17),

as corrected by OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 71 and OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 50.’;

(1) OJ L 124, 8.5.2008, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 91, 31.3.2007, p. 17.
(3) OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 71.
(4) OJ L 93, 17.4.1993, p. 27.

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3)

the following point shall be inserted after point 54zzzr (Commission Regulation (EC) No 372/2007):

‘54zzzs. 32007 L 0042: Commission Directive 2007/42/EC of 29 June 2007 relating to materials and
articles made of regenerated cellulose film intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
(OJ L 172, 30.6.2007, p. 71).’;

4)

the text of point 54h (Commission Directive 93/10/EEC) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Directives 2007/19/EC, as corrected by OJ L 94, 4.4.2007, p. 71 and OJ L 97, 12.4.2007, p. 50,
and 2007/42/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Offi-
cial Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 2 February 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1)
of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Alan SEATTER

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.