Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 112/2016 of 3 June 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2130]
Date: 2016-06-03
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, flavouring, food safety, foodstuff, market approval, public health, 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 112/2016
of 3 June 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2130]


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) 2016/54 of 19 January 2016 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards inclusion of gamma-glutamyl-valyl-glycine in the Union list of flavouring substances (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/55 of 19 January 2016 amending Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain flavouring substances (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/56 of 19 January 2016 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of extracts of rosemary (E 392) in spreadable fats (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 54zzzzr (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32016 R 0056: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/56 of 19 January 2016 (OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 46).’;














(2)


the following indents are added in point 54zzzzs (Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32016 R 0054: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/54 of 19 January 2016 (OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 40),










—



32016 R 0055: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/55 of 19 January 2016 (OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 43).’.










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2016/54, (EU) 2016/55 and (EU) 2016/56 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 4 June 2016, 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, 3 June 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 40.

(2)  
            OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 43.

(3)  
            OJ L 13, 20.1.2016, p. 46.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.