Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 46/2015 of 20 March 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/729]
Date: 2015-03-20
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, bread, cheese, food colouring, food emulsifier, food safety, fruit product, revision of an agreement, safety standard, sweetener




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 46/2015
of 20 March 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/729]


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 1084/2014 of 15 October 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of diphosphates (E 450) as a raising agent and acidity regulator in prepared yeast based doughs (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1092/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of sweeteners in certain fruit or vegetable spreads (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending and correcting Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of certain colours in flavoured ripened cheese (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
The following indents are added in point 54zzzzr (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32014 R 1084: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1084/2014 of 15 October 2014 (OJ L 298, 16.10.2014, p. 8),










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32014 R 1092: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1092/2014 of 16 October 2014 (OJ L 299, 17.10.2014, p. 19),










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32014 R 1093: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1093/2014 of 16 October 2014 (OJ L 299, 17.10.2014, p. 22).’
                     






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 1084/2014, (EU) No 1092/2014 and (EU) No 1093/2014 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 21 March 2015, 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, 20 March 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 298, 16.10.2014, p. 8.

(2)  
            OJ L 299, 17.10.2014, p. 19.

(3)  
            OJ L 299, 17.10.2014, p. 22.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.