Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 4/2012/SC of 26 October 2012 designating committees to assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority in carrying out its functions under Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice and repealing certain Standing Committee Decisions
Date: 2012-10-26
Institutions: Standing Committee of the EFTA States
Subjects: EFTA, advisory power, comitology




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Official Journal of the European Union


L 36/8








            DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES
         
No 4/2012/SC
of 26 October 2012
         
designating committees to assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority in carrying out its functions under Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice and repealing certain Standing Committee Decisions


THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States and in particular its Article 5(2);


Having regard to the proposal from the EFTA Surveillance Authority;

Whereas:







(1)


Article 3 of Protocol 1 of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice as adjusted by the Protocol Adjusting the Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice, “the Surveillance and Court Agreement”, lays down that where in an act referred to in the Annexes to the EEA Agreement containing the procedures described in Article 1, the European Commission shall submit a draft measure to be taken to, or otherwise consult, an EU committee, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall, according to corresponding procedures to be laid down by the Standing Committee, consult a corresponding committee, if any, set up or designated in accordance with the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States.












(2)


The European Parliament and the Council in Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (1), have laid down the rules and general principles concerning the rules and general principles governing the mechanisms which apply where a legally binding Union act (a ‘basic act’) identifies the need for uniform conditions of implementation and requires that the adoption of implementing acts by the Commission be subject to the control of Member States;












(3)


The Standing Committee of the EFTA States has laid down the general rules describing the procedures to be followed when committees assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority in Standing Committee Decision No 3/2012 (new comitology procedures) in order to align those procedures with those adopted in Regulation (EU) No 182/2011;












(4)


Some Standing Committee Decisions currently in force which designate committees to assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority refer to obsolete legal acts which have been repealed from the EEA Agreement and may refer to procedures which have been modified as a result of the entry into force of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. It is thus necessary to update all the current decisions designating committees adopted by the Standing Committee under Article 5(2) of the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States and to indicate the procedure to be followed by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in each specific case.












(5)


In order to simplify and clarify the process of designation of the committees, all committees to which the EFTA Surveillance Authority must submit draft measures or must otherwise consult are hereby designated in a single decision and the separate decisions currently in force should be repealed.












(6)


It is unnecessary, however, to designate the committees to assist the Authority in the exercise of its powers in the field of competition and state aid as those committees are already designated and established by Protocols 3 and 4 to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice.












(7)


The procedure applicable when the EU Commission must submit a draft measure to be taken to or otherwise consult a committee is set out in the act in question. The procedure applicable to the EFTA Surveillance Authority when it shall do so in accordance with an act referred to in the Annexes to the EEA Agreement must be the procedure laid down in the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 3/2012 (deciding the comitology procedures) which most closely corresponds to the procedure laid down in the act referred to in the Annexes to the EEA Agreement. Consequently, it is unnecessary to specify the procedure applicable to the committee upon its designation.












(8)


As for existing acts, Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 lays down certain transitional measures for the adaptation of the existing basic acts in the EU legal order which obviate the need for a modification of each of those acts. Article 7 of Standing Committee Decision No 3/2012 (new comitology procedures) contains a similar provision on the adaptation of existing procedures.












(9)


The EFTA Surveillance Authority will propose to the Committees standard rules of procedure for them to adopt.





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1

Designation of Committees


1.   The committees listed in the Annex to this Decision are designated to assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority in carrying out its functions under Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement.


2.   When the committees assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority, they shall do so in accordance with the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 3/2012 (deciding the comitology procedures).



Article 2

Applicable procedure

When the EFTA Surveillance Authority must, in accordance with an act referred to in the Annexes to the EEA Agreement, submit a draft measure to be taken to or otherwise consult a committee, it shall do so according to the procedure laid down in the Decision of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States No 3/2012 (deciding the comitology procedures) which most closely corresponds to the procedure laid down in the act referred to in the Annexes to the EEA Agreement.


Article 3

Repeal of Standing Committee Decisions

Standing Committee Decisions Nos 6/94/SC, 8/94/SC, 9/94/SC, 10/94/SC, 11/94/SC, 12/94/SC, 14/94/SC, 15/94/SC, 2/2000/SC, 3/2000/SC, 3/2001/SC, 1/2003/SC, 2/2004/SC, 3/2004/SC, 1/2005/SC, 4/2005/SC, 2/2006/SC, 3/2006/SC, 2/2007/SC, 3/2008/SC, 4/2008/SC, 1/2009/SC, 4/2009/SC, 6/2009/SC, 7/2009/SC, 8/2009/SC, 9/2009/SC, 4/2010/SC and 2/2012/SC are hereby repealed.


Article 4

Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of adoption.


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, 26 October 2012.


For the Standing Committee


The Chair

Atle LEIKVOLL
            

The Secretary-General

Kristinn F. ÁRNASON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13





ANNEX







 


NAME OF COMMITTEE


LEGAL ACT




1


EFTA Veterinary and Phytosanitary Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex I (Veterinary and Phytosanitary Matters) to the EEA Agreement.




2


EFTA Committee on Technical Regulations, Standards, Testing and Certification


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex II (Technical Regulations, Standards, Testing and Certification) to the EEA Agreement.




3


EFTA Product Liability Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex III (Product Liability) to the EEA Agreement.




4


EFTA Energy Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex IV (Energy) to the EEA Agreement.




5


EFTA Committee on Free Movement of Workers


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex V (Free Movement of Workers) to the EEA Agreement.




6


EFTA Social Security Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex VI (Social Security) to the EEA Agreement.




7


EFTA Committee on Recognition of Professional Qualifications


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex VII (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) to the EEA Agreement.




8


EFTA Committee on Right of Establishment


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex VIII (Right of Establishment) to the EEA Agreement.




9


EFTA Financial Services Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex IX (Financial Services) to the EEA Agreement.




10


EFTA Services Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex X (Services in General) to the EEA Agreement.




11


EFTA Electronic Communications Committee (COCOM)


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XI (Electronic Communication, Audiovisual Services and Information Society) to the EEA Agreement.




12


EFTA Committee on Free Movement of Capital


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XII (Free Movement of Capital) to the EEA Agreement.




13


EFTA Transport Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XIII (Transport) to the EEA Agreement.




16


EFTA Procurement Committee


Protocol 2 of SCA and relevant acts mentioned under Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement.




17


EFTA Intellectual Property Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XVII (Intellectual Property) to the EEA Agreement.




18


EFTA Committee on Health and Safety at Work, Labour Law, and Equal Treatment for Men and Women


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XVIII (Health and Safety at Work, Labour Law, and Equal Treatment for Men and Women) to the EEA Agreement.




19


EFTA Consumer Protection Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XIX (Consumer Protection) to the EEA Agreement.




20


EFTA Environment Committee


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement.




21


EFTA Committee on Statistics


Relevant acts mentioned under Annex XXI (Statistics) to the EEA Agreement.