Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 235/2018 of 5 December 2018 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1502]
Date: 2018-12-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, food inspection, food safety, food supplement, foodstuff, human nutrition, labelling, market approval, 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 235/2018
of 5 December 2018
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2021/1502]


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) 2018/1122 of 10 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1123 of 10 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of 1-methylnicotinamide chloride as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1132 of 13 August 2018 authorising the change of the designation and specific labelling requirement of the novel food synthetic zeaxanthin under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1133 of 13 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


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.












(6)


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 indents are added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):






‘—



32018 R 1122: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1122 of 10 August 2018 (OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 36),










—



32018 R 1123: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1123 of 10 August 2018 (OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 41),










—



32018 R 1132: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1132 of 13 August 2018 (OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 15),










—



32018 R 1133: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1133 of 13 August 2018 (OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 18).’














(2)


The following points are inserted after point 140 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1293):






‘141.



32018 R 1122: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1122 of 10 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 36).










142.



32018 R 1123: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1123 of 10 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of 1-methylnicotinamide chloride as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 41).










143.



32018 R 1132: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1132 of 13 August 2018 authorising the change of the designation and specific labelling requirement of the novel food synthetic zeaxanthin under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 15).










144.



32018 R 1133: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1133 of 13 August 2018 authorising the placing on the market of dried aerial parts of Hoodia parviflora as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 18).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2018/1122, (EU) 2018/1123, (EU) 2018/1132 and (EU) 2018/1133 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 6 December 2018, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 5 December 2018.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Oda Helen SLETNES
            



The Secretaries


To the EEA Joint Committee

Hege M. HOFF
            
Mikołaj KARŁOWSKI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 36.

(2)  
            OJ L 204, 13.8.2018, p. 41.

(3)  
            OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 15.

(4)  
            OJ L 205, 14.8.2018, p. 18.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.