Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 228/2017 of 15 December 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1636]
Date: 2017-12-15
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, market approval, organic acid, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement, withdrawal from the market




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 228/2017
of 15 December 2017
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1636]


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) 2017/1113 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance benzoic acid 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)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1114 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance pendimethalin, as a candidate for substitution, 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 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1115 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance propoxycarbazone 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 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1125 of 22 June 2017 withdrawing the approval of the active substance repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/tall oil pitch, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1186 of 3 July 2017 withdrawing the approval of the active substance repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/tall oil crude, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


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 indents are added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






‘—



32017 R 1113: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1113 of 22 June 2017 (OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 27),










—



32017 R 1114: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1114 of 22 June 2017 (OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 32),










—



32017 R 1115: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1115 of 22 June 2017 (OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 38),










—



32017 R 1125: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1125 of 22 June 2017 (OJ L 132, 24.6.2017, p. 10),










—



32017 R 1186: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1186 of 3 July 2017 (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 131).’














2.


The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzr (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/843):






‘13zzzzzzzs.



32017 R 1113: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1113 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance benzoic acid 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 162, 23.6.2017, p. 27).










13zzzzzzzt.



32017 R 1114: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1114 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance pendimethalin, as a candidate for substitution, 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 162, 23.6.2017, p. 32).










13zzzzzzzu.



32017 R 1115: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1115 of 22 June 2017 renewing the approval of the active substance propoxycarbazone 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 162, 23.6.2017, p. 38).










13zzzzzzzv.



32017 R 1125: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1125 of 22 June 2017 withdrawing the approval of the active substance repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/tall oil pitch, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 163, 24.6.2017, p. 10).










13zzzzzzzw.



32017 R 1186: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1186 of 3 July 2017 withdrawing the approval of the active substance repellents by smell of animal or plant origin/tall oil crude, 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 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 131).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/1113, (EU) 2017/1114, (EU) 2017/1115, (EU) 2017/1125 and (EU) 2017/1186 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 16 December 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, 15 December 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Sabine MONAUNI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 27.

(2)  
            OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 32.

(3)  
            OJ L 162, 23.6.2017, p. 38.

(4)  
            OJ L 163, 24.6.2017, p. 10.

(5)  
            OJ L 171, 4.7.2017, p. 131.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.