Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 17/2018 of 9 February 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2053]
Date: 2018-02-09
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal welfare, chemical product, decontamination, food additive, food safety, insecticide, market approval, public hygiene, revision of an agreement




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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 17/2018
of 9 February 2018
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/2053]


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) 2017/2001 of 8 November 2017 approving propan-1-ol as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1, 2 and 4 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2002 of 8 November 2017 approving L(+) lactic acid as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2, 3 and 4 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2003 of 8 November 2017 approving fludioxonil as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 7, 9 and 10 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2004 of 8 November 2017 approving 2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 12 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2005 of 8 November 2017 approving margosa extract, cold-pressed oil of Azadirachta indica seeds without shells extracted with super-critical carbon dioxide as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 (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
The following points are inserted after point 20 (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1532) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘21.



32017 R 2001: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2001 of 8 November 2017 approving propan-1-ol as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 1, 2 and 4 (OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 1).










22.



32017 R 2002: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2002 of 8 November 2017 approving L(+) lactic acid as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 2, 3 and 4 (OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 4).










23.



32017 R 2003: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2003 of 8 November 2017 approving fludioxonil as an active substance for use in biocidal products of product-types 7, 9 and 10 (OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 7).










24.



32017 R 2004: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2004 of 8 November 2017 approving 2-methylisothiazol-3(2H)-one as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 12 (OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 11).










25.



32017 R 2005: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2005 of 8 November 2017 approving margosa extract, cold-pressed oil of Azadirachta indica seeds without shells extracted with super-critical carbon dioxide as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 19 (OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 14).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2017/2001, (EU) 2017/2002, (EU) 2017/2003, (EU) 2017/2004 and (EU) 2017/2005 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 10 February 2018, 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, 9 February 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 4.

(3)  
            OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 7.

(4)  
            OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 11.

(5)  
            OJ L 290, 9.11.2017, p. 14.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.