Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2011 of 1 July 2011 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2011-07-01
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, child, labelling, market approval, nutrition, processed food product, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 68/2011
of 1 July 2011
         
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)


Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 50/2011 of 20 May 2011 (1).












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1161/2010 of 9 December 2010 refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1162/2010 of 9 December 2010 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(4)


This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points shall be inserted after point 54zzzzt (Commission Regulation (EU) No 257/2010) in Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:






‘54zzzzu.



32010 R 1161: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1161/2010 of 9 December 2010 refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ L 326, 10.12.2010, p. 59),










54zzzzv.



32010 R 1162: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1162/2010 of 9 December 2010 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ L 326, 10.12.2010, p. 61).’.






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 1161/2010 and (EU) No 1162/2010 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 2 July 2011, provided that all the notifications pursuant to Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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, 1 July 2011.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 196, 28.7.2011, p. 29.

(2)  
            OJ L 326, 10.12.2010, p. 59.

(3)  
            OJ L 326, 10.12.2010, p. 61.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.