Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 249/2015 of 30 October 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1038]
Date: 2015-10-30
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, child, consumer information, food inspection, foodstuff, health control, labelling, market approval, organic chemical, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 249/2015
of 30 October 2015
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/1038]


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) 2015/7 of 6 January 2015 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 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/8 of 6 January 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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.












(4)


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):






‘—



32015 R 0007: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/7 of 6 January 2015 (OJ L 3, 7.1.2015, p. 3).’;














(2)


the following points are inserted after point 99 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/539):






‘100.



32015 R 0007: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/7 of 6 January 2015 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 3, 7.1.2015, p. 3),










101.



32015 R 0008: Commission Reguation (EU) 2015/8 of 6 January 2015 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (OJ L 3, 7.1.2015, p. 6).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/7 and (EU) 2015/8 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 November 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, 30 October 2015.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

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(1)  
            OJ L 3, 7.1.2015, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 3, 7.1.2015, p. 6.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.