Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 83/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/195]
Date: 2017-05-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, certificate of origin, consumer information, food inspection, fresh meat, honey, labelling, location of production, marketing standard, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 83/2017
of 5 May 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/195]


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) No 1337/2013 of 13 December 2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Directive 2001/110/EC relating to honey (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 point is inserted after point 86 (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘86a.



32013 R 1337: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 of 13 December 2013 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for fresh, chilled and frozen meat of swine, sheep, goats and poultry (OJ L 335, 14.12.2013, p. 19).’














2.


The following is added in point 54zo (Council Directive 2001/110/EC):

                              ‘as amended by:






—



32014 L 0063: Directive 2014/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 (OJ L 164, 3.6.2014, p. 1).’
                                 










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1337/2013 and Directive 2014/63/EU 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 6 May 2017, 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, 5 May 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 335, 14.12.2013, p. 19.

(2)  
            OJ L 164, 3.6.2014, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.