Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 82/2012 of 30 April 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2012-04-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, foodstuff, revision of an agreement, trade information, trade mark




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13.9.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 248/18








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 82/2012
of 30 April 2012
         
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 45/2012 of 30 March 2012 (1).












(2)


Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.












(3)


Directive 2011/91/EU repeals Council Directive 89/396/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement, and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.












(4)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding 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 introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:






(1)


the text of point 49 (Council Directive 89/396/EEC) shall be deleted;










(2)


the following point shall be inserted after point 66 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011):






‘67.



32011 L 0091: Directive 2011/91/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on indications or marks identifying the lot to which a foodstuff belongs (OJ L 334, 16.12.2011, p. 1).’.










Article 2
The text of Directive 2011/91/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 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 1 May 2012, provided that all the notifications under 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, 30 April 2012.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 207, 2.8.2012, p. 24.

(2)  
            OJ L 334, 16.12.2011, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 186, 30.6.1989, p. 21.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.