Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 147/2019 of 14 June 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2139]
Date: 2019-06-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, food contamination, food inspection, food safety, fresh product, fruit juice, health control, microorganism, revision of an agreement, seed, vegetable juice




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 147/2019
of 14 June 2019
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2139]


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) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019 amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards certain methods, the food safety criterion for Listeria monocytogenes in sprouted seeds, and the process hygiene criterion and food safety criterion for unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices (ready-to-eat) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding veterinary matters and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding veterinary matters 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.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indent is added in point 52 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005) in Part 6.2 of Chapter I of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32019 R 0229: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019 (OJ L 37, 8.2.2019, p. 106).’






Article 2
The following indent is added in point 54zzzj (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32019 R 0229: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/229 of 7 February 2019 (OJ L 37, 8.2.2019, p. 106).’






Article 3
The text of Regulation (EU) 2019/229 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 15 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 14 June 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 37, 8.2.2019, p. 106.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.