do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 238/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1176]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, chemical product, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement




L_2018215EN.01003701.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/37








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 238/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1176]


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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/951 of 15 June 2016 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent is added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






‘—



32016 R 0951: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/951 of 15 June 2016 (OJ L 159, 16.6.2016, p. 6).’














2.


The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzzi (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/872):






‘13zzzzzzj.



32016 R 0951: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/951 of 15 June 2016 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride strain SC1, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 159, 16.6.2016, p. 6).’










Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/951 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 159, 16.6.2016, p. 6.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8183 — Avnet/Premier Farnell) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, merger control, telecommunications industry, wholesale trade








C_2016450EN.01000602.xml










2.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 450/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8183 — Avnet/Premier Farnell)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 450/03)
On 6 October 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8183. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 240/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1178]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, designation of origin, labelling, liqueur, marketing standard, product designation, revision of an agreement




L_2018215EN.01003901.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/39








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 240/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1178]


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) 2016/235 of 18 February 2016 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding spirit drinks. Legislation regarding spirit drinks 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 XXVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(3)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 9 (Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XXVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32016 R 0235: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/235 of 18 February 2016 (OJ L 44, 19.2.2016, p. 7).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/235 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 44, 19.2.2016, p. 7.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 216/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1154]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, cattle, health certificate, infectious disease, intra-EU trade, revision of an agreement, veterinary inspection




L_2018215EN.01000101.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/1








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 216/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1154]


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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1101 of 5 July 2016 amending Annexes I and II to Decision 2004/558/EC as regards the infectious bovine rhinotracheitis-free status of the Federal States of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and the Regierungsbezirke Arnsberg, Detmold and Münster in Germany (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding live animals other than fish and aquaculture animals. Legislation concerning these matters shall not apply to Iceland, as specified in paragraph 2 of the Introductory Part of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Iceland.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters. Legislation regarding veterinary matters 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 sectoral adaptations to Annex I to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(4)


Annex I to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 80 (Commission Decision 2004/558/EC) in Part 4.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32016 D 1101: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1101 of 5 July 2016 (OJ L 182, 7.7.2016, p. 51).’






Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1101 in the Norwegian language, 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 182, 7.7.2016, p. 51.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8241 — Nordic Capital/Nordnet/Group of individual investors) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: consultancy, economic concentration, financial services, information technology industry, insurance, merger control








C_2016450EN.01000702.xml










2.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 450/7





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8241 — Nordic Capital/Nordnet/Group of individual investors)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 450/05)
On 28 November 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8241. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 253/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1189]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, accounting, financial legislation, international standard, revision of an agreement, standardised accounting system




L_2018215EN.01005101.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/51








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 253/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex XXII (Company law) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1189]


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) 2016/1703 of 22 September 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008 adopting certain international accounting standards in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards International Financial Reporting Standards 10 and 12 and International Accounting Standard 28 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 10ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1126/2008) of Annex XXII to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32016 R 1703: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1703 of 22 September 2016 (OJ L 257, 23.9.2016, p. 1).’






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2016/1703 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 257, 23.9.2016, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2140 of 2 December 2016 establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N by vessels flying the flag of Spain
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean, EU waters, Spain, catch by species, catch quota, fishing area, fishing rights, international waters, sea fish, sea fishing, ship's flag








L_2016332EN.01001101.xml










7.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 332/11








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2016/2140
of 2 December 2016
         
establishing a prohibition of fishing for northern albacore in the Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N by vessels flying the flag of Spain


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 of 20 November 2009 establishing a Community control system for ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy (1), and in particular Article 36(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 (2), lays down quotas for 2016.












(2)


According to the information received by the Commission, catches of the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein have exhausted the quota allocated for 2016.












(3)


It is therefore necessary to prohibit fishing activities for that stock,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1

Quota exhaustion

The fishing quota allocated to the Member State referred to in the Annex to this Regulation for the stock referred to therein for 2016 shall be deemed to be exhausted from the date set out in that Annex.


Article 2

Prohibitions

Fishing activities for the stock referred to in the Annex to this Regulation by vessels flying the flag of or registered in the Member State referred to therein shall be prohibited from the date set out in that Annex. In particular it shall be prohibited to retain on board, relocate, tranship or land fish from that stock caught by those vessels after that date.


Article 3

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 2 December 2016.


For the Commission,


On behalf of the President,

João AGUIAR MACHAD
            

Director-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries






(1)  
            OJ L 343, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

(2)  Council Regulation (EU) 2016/72 of 22 January 2016 fixing for 2016 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non-Union waters, and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/104 (OJ L 22, 28.1.2016, p. 1).




ANNEX






No


36/TQ72




Member State


Spain




Stock


ALB/AN05N




Species


Northern albacore (Thunnus Alalunga)




Zone


Atlantic Ocean, north of 5° N




Closing date


25.10.2016
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.8109 — FIH Mobile/Feature Phone Business of Microsoft Mobile) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronics industry, information technology industry, merger control, optical industry, telecommunications industry








C_2016450EN.01000601.xml










2.12.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 450/6





Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.8109 — FIH Mobile/Feature Phone Business of Microsoft Mobile)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 450/02)
On 22 September 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:






—


in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,










—


in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8109. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 251/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1187]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, eco-label, environmental standard, furniture industry, revision of an agreement




L_2018215EN.01004901.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/49








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 251/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1187]


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 Decision (EU) 2016/1332 of 28 July 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for furniture (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Decision (EU) 2016/1332 repeals Commission Decision 2009/894 (2), which is incorporated in the EEA Agreement and is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The text of point 2zd (Commission Decision 2009/894/EC) of Annex XX to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:


                  ‘
                  32016 D 1332: Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1332 of 28 July 2016 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for furniture (OJ L 210, 4.8.2016, p. 100).’
               



Article 2
The text of Decision (EU) 2016/1332 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 210, 4.8.2016, p. 100.

(2)  
            OJ L 320, 5.12.2009, p. 23.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 248/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1184]
Date: 2016-12-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, eco-label, environmental standard, fertiliser, revision of an agreement, soil improvement, technical specification




L_2018215EN.01004501.xml










23.8.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 215/45








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 248/2016
of 2 December 2016
         
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1184]


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 Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Decision (EU) 2015/2099 repeals Commission Decisions 2006/799/EC (2) and 2007/64/EC (3), which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Annex XX to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex XX to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The text of point 2d (Commission Decision 2006/799/EC) is replaced by the following:

                              ‘
                              32015 D 2099: Commission Decision (EU) 2015/2099 of 18 November 2015 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for growing media, soil improvers and mulch (OJ L 303, 20.11.2015, p. 75).’
                           










2.


The text of point 2da (Commission Decision 2007/64/EC) is deleted.






Article 2
The text of Decision (EU) 2015/2099 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 3 December 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, 2 December 2016.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            





(1)  
            OJ L 303, 20.11.2015, p. 75.

(2)  
            OJ L 325, 24.11.2006, p. 28.

(3)  
            OJ L 32, 6.2.2007, p. 137.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.