Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 60/2019 of 29 March 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/814]
Date: 2019-03-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer information, food inspection, foodstuff, health control, health risk, labelling, market approval, revision of an agreement




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2.7.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 210/26








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 60/2019
of 29 March 2019
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/814]


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) 2018/1555 of 17 October 2018 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1556 of 17 October 2018 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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.












(4)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following points are inserted after point 151 (Commission Recommendation (EU) 2018/464) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘152.



32018 R 1555: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1555 of 17 October 2018 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 3).










153.



32018 R 1556: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1556 of 17 October 2018 refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children’s development and health (OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 6).’






Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2018/1555 and (EU) 2018/1556 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 30 March 2019, 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, 29 March 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 3.

(2)  
            OJ L 261, 18.10.2018, p. 6.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.