Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 218/2017 of 15 December 2017 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1626]
Date: 2017-12-15
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, crop production, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, pesticide residue, revision of an agreement, rice




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 218/2017
of 15 December 2017
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/1626]


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) 2017/978 of 9 June 2017 amending Annexes II, III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for fluopyram; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), alpha-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), beta-isomer; hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), sum of isomers, except the gamma isomer; lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), gamma-isomer); nicotine and profenofos in or on certain products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/983 of 9 June 2017 amending Annexes III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for tricyclazole in or on certain products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs and 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 sectoral adaptations to Annex I and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(4)


Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indents are added in point 40 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32017 R 0978: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/978 of 9 June 2017 (OJ L 151, 14.6.2017, p. 1),










—



32017 R 0983: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/983 of 9 June 2017 (OJ L 148, 10.6.2017, p. 27).’






Article 2
The following indents are added in point 54zzy (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32017 R 0978: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/978 of 9 June 2017 (OJ L 151, 14.6.2017, p. 1),










—



32017 R 0983: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/983 of 9 June 2017 (OJ L 148, 10.6.2017, p. 27).’






Article 3
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2017/978 and (EU) 2017/983 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 4
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 5
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 151, 14.6.2017, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 148, 10.6.2017, p. 27.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.