Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 157/2017 of 22 September 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1045]
Date: 2017-09-22
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, import (EU), organic product, originating product, preserved product, processed food product, quality control of agricultural products, revision of an agreement, surveillance concerning imports, third country




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27.6.2019   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 157/2017
of 22 September 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1045]


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) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008 as regards the electronic certificate of inspection for imported organic products and certain other elements, and Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 as regards the requirements for preserved or processed organic products and the transmission of information (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)


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 54ba (Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008):






‘—



32016 R 1842: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 19).’














(2)


The following indent is added in point 54bb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008):






‘—



32016 R 1842: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 of 14 October 2016 (OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 19).’














(3)


The adaptation text in point 54bb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008) is renumbered as (a).










(4)


The following is added to the adaptation text in point 54bb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1235/2008):






‘(b)


In Articles 13(1)(c), 13b and 14(1) the words “or in Norwegian and Icelandic custom procedures” shall be added after the reference to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.










(c)


In Article 14(2) the words “or to Norwegian and Icelandic custom procedures” shall be added after the reference to Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.










(d)


In the certificates of inspection in Annex V and Annex VI, Norway and Iceland are not required to use EORI numbers for identification.’










Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1842 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 23 September 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, 22 September 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 19.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.