Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 124/2017 of 7 July 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/731]
Date: 2017-07-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, confectionery, consumer protection, food safety, foodstuff, labelling, market approval, polymer, revision of an agreement, sweetener




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 124/2017
of 7 July 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/731]


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) 2017/324 of 24 February 2017 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 laying down specifications for food additives listed in Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specifications for Basic methacrylate copolymer (E 1205) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/335 of 27 February 2017 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of steviol glycosides (E 960) as a sweetener in certain energy-reduced confectionery products (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 69 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012):






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32017 R 0324: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/324 of 24 February 2017 (OJ L 49, 25.2.2017, p. 4).’


















2.


The following indent is added in point 54zzzzr (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






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32017 R 0335: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/335 of 27 February 2017 (OJ L 50, 28.2.2017, p. 15).’














Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/324 and (EU) 2017/335 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 8 July 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, 7 July 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 49, 25.2.2017, p. 4.

(2)  
            OJ L 50, 28.2.2017, p. 15.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.