Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 139/2016 of 8 July 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/361]
Date: 2016-07-08
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, fishing industry, food inspection, food safety, food standard, foodstuff, organic acid, revision of an agreement, sampling, sea fish




L_2018073EN.01000901.xml










15.3.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 73/9








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         

            No 139/2016
of 8 July 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/361]


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) 2015/704 of 30 April 2015 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards the maximum level of non-dioxin-like PCBs in wild caught spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705 of 30 April 2015 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Regulation (EU) 2015/705 repeals Commission Directive 80/891/EEC (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006):






‘—



32015 R 0704: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/704 of 30 April 2015 (OJ L 113, 1.5.2015, p. 27).’














(2)


The following point is inserted after point 107 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1898):






‘108.



32015 R 0705: Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/705 of 30 April 2015 laying down methods of sampling and performance criteria for the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of erucic acid in foodstuffs and repealing Commission Directive 80/891/EEC (OJ L 113, 1.5.2015, p. 29).’














(3)


The text of point 27 (Commission Directive 80/891/EEC) is deleted.






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2015/704 and (EU) 2015/705 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 9 July 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, 8 July 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 113, 1.5.2015, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 113, 1.5.2015, p. 29.

(3)  
            OJ L 254, 27.9.1980, p. 35.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.