Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 126/2017 of 7 July 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/733]
Date: 2017-07-07
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, food safety, foodstuffs legislation, market approval, marketing standard, novel food, public health, revision of an agreement, single market




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 126/2017
of 7 July 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/733]


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)


Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 repeals Regulation (EC) No 258/97 (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (3) with effect from 1 January 2018, which are incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which are consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 1 January 2018.












(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 123 (Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/236):






‘124.



32015 R 2283: Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods, amending Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 (OJ L 137, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 86 (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






—








‘—



32015 R 2283: Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 (OJ L 137, 11.12.2015, p. 1).’


















3.


The texts of points 96 (Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council) and 97 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001) shall be deleted with effect from 1 January 2018.






Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 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 137, 11.12.2015, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 43, 14.2.1997, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 253, 21.9.2001, p. 17.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.