Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 176/2014 of 25 September 2014 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1244]
Date: 2014-09-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, food safety, foodstuff, human nutrition, labelling, market approval, revision of an agreement, technical regulations




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 176/2014
of 25 September 2014
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2015/1244]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 907/2013 of 20 September 2013 setting the rules for applications concerning the use of generic descriptors (denominations) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 40/2014 of 17 January 2014 authorising a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health and amending Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1321/2013 of 10 December 2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA 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 EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(5)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






(1)


the following indent is added in point 54zzzzzp (Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012):






‘—



32014 R 0040: Commission Regulation (EU) No 40/2014 of 17 January 2014 (OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 8).’;














(2)


the following points are inserted after point 82 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 175/2014):






‘83.



32013 R 0907: Commission Regulation (EU) No 907/2013 of 20 September 2013 setting the rules for applications concerning the use of generic descriptors (denominations) (OJ L 251, 21.9.2013, p. 7).










84.



32013 R 1321: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1321/2013 of 10 December 2013 establishing the Union list of authorised smoke flavouring primary products for use as such in or on foods and/or for the production of derived smoke flavourings (OJ L 333, 12.12.2013, p. 54).










85.



32014 R 0040: Commission Regulation (EU) No 40/2014 of 17 January 2014 authorising a health claim made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health and amending Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 (OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 8).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 907/2013 and (EU) No 40/2014 and Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1321/2013 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 26 September 2014, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*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, 25 September 2014.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Kurt JÄGER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 251, 21.9.2013, p. 7.

(2)  
            OJ L 14, 18.1.2014, p. 8.

(3)  
            OJ L 333, 12.12.2013, p. 54.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.