Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 145/2015 of 11 June 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2180]
Date: 2015-06-11
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, child, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, food supplement, foodstuff, labelling, market approval, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 145/2015
of 11 June 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2016/2180]


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) 2015/391 of 9 March 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/403 of 11 March 2015 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Ephedra species and Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe (K. Schum) Pierre ex Beille) (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/414 of 12 March 2015 amending Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt used in the manufacture of food supplements (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 54zzi (Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32015 R 0414: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/414 of 12 March 2015 (OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 26).’;














(2)


the following indent is added in point 54zzzu (Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32015 R 0403: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/403 of 11 March 2015 (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 4).’;














(3)


the following point is inserted after point 94 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1229/2014):






‘95.



32015 R 0391: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/391 of 9 March 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health (OJ L 65, 10.3.2015, p. 15).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/391, (EU) 2015/403 and (EU) 2015/414 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 12 June 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, 11 June 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gianluca GRIPPA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 65, 10.3.2015, p. 15.

(2)  
            OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 4.

(3)  
            OJ L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 26.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.