Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 46/2008 of 25 April 2008 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2008-04-25
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: consumer protection, food additive, foodstuff, foodstuffs legislation, human nutrition, inorganic chemical product, nutrition, powdered milk, vitamin

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 46/2008

of 25 April 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 23/2008 of
14 March 2008 (1).

Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (2), as corrected by OJ L 12, 18.1.2007, p. 3, is
to be incorporated into the Agreement.

Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (3) is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.

Council Directive 2007/61/EC of 26 September 2007 amending Directive 2001/114/EC relating to
certain partly or wholly dehydrated preserved milk for human consumption (4) is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.

(5)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

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

Article 1

1. the following indent shall be added in point 54zs (Council Directive 2001/114/EC):

‘— 32007 L 0061: Council Directive 2007/61/EC of 26 September 2007 (OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 27).’;

(1) OJ L 182, 10.7.2008, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26.
(4) OJ L 258, 4.10.2007, p. 27.

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2. the following points shall be inserted after point 54zzzs (Commission Directive 2007/42/EC):

‘54zzzt. 32006 R 1924: Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006,
p. 9), as corrected by OJ L 12, 18.1.2007, p. 3.

54zzzu. 32006 R 1925: Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 20 December 2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances
to foods (OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 26).’.

The texts of Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006, as corrected by OJ L 12, 18.1.2007, p. 3, and (EC) No
1925/2006, and Directive 2007/61/EC 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 2

Article 3

This Decision shall enter
Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*).

into force on 26 April 2008, provided that all

the notifications under

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, 25 April 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President

Alan SEATTER

(*) Constitutional requirements indicated.