Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 29/2011 of 1 April 2011 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-04-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, food additive, food safety, foodstuffs legislation, revision of an agreement




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30.6.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 171/28








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 29/2011
of 1 April 2011
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and 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)


Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 116/2010 of 10 November 2010 (1).












(2)


Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 100/2010 of 1 October 2010 (2).












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 116/2010 of 9 February 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the list of nutrition claims (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2010 of 27 May 2010 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for certain pesticides in or on certain products (4) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(5)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2010 of 8 July 2010 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards additions and modification of the examples of related varieties or other products to which the same MRL applies (5) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(6)


Commission Directive 2010/37/EU of 17 June 2010 amending Directive 2008/60/EC laying down specific purity criteria on sweeteners (6) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(7)


This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The following indents shall be added in point 40 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the Agreement:






‘—



32010 R 0459: Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2010 of 27 May 2010 (OJ L 129, 28.5.2010, p. 3),










—



32010 R 0600: Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2010 of 8 July 2010 (OJ L 174, 9.7.2010, p. 18).’.






Article 2
Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the following indents shall be added in point 54zzy (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32010 R 0459: Commission Regulation (EU) No 459/2010 of 27 May 2010 (OJ L 129, 28.5.2010, p. 3),










—



32010 R 0600: Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2010 of 8 July 2010 (OJ L 174, 9.7.2010, p. 18).’;














(2)


the following indent shall be added in point 54zzzt (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32010 R 0116: Commission Regulation (EU) No 116/2010 of 9 February 2010 (OJ L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 16).’;














(3)


the following shall be added in point 54zzzy (Commission Directive 2008/60/EC):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32010 L 0037: Commission Directive 2010/37/EU of 17 June 2010 (OJ L 152, 18.6.2010, p. 12).’.










Article 3
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 116/2010, (EU) No 459/2010 and (EU) No 600/2010, and Directive 2010/37/EU 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 1 May 2011, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 1 April 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 58, 3.3.2011, p. 73.

(2)  
            OJ L 332, 16.12.2010, p. 50.

(3)  
            OJ L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 16.

(4)  
            OJ L 129, 28.5.2010, p. 3.

(5)  
            OJ L 174, 9.7.2010, p. 18.

(6)  
            OJ L 152, 18.6.2010, p. 12.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.