Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 231/2019 of 27 September 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/36]
Date: 2019-09-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, chemical product, consumer information, cosmetic product, health control, health risk, labelling, product safety, revision of an agreement, statistical nomenclature




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 231/2019
of 27 September 2019
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/36]


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) 2019/698 of 30 April 2019 amending Annexes III and V to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on cosmetic products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Decision (EU) 2019/701 of 5 April 2019 establishing a glossary of common ingredient names for use in the labelling of cosmetic products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Decision (EU) 2019/701 repeals, with effect from 8 May 2020, Commission Decision 96/335/EC (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 8 May 2020.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter XVI of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:






1.


The following indent is added in point 1a (Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32019 R 0698: Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/698 of 30 April 2019 (OJ L 119, 7.5.2019, p. 66).’














2.


The following point is inserted after point 13 (deleted):






‘13a.



32019 D 0701: Commission Decision (EU) 2019/701 of 5 April 2019 establishing a glossary of common ingredient names for use in the labelling of cosmetic products (OJ L 121, 8.5.2019, p. 1).’














3.


The text of point 10 (Commission Decision 96/335/EC) shall be deleted with effect from 8 May 2020.






Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) 2019/698 and Decision (EU) 2019/701 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 28 September 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, 27 September 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 119, 7.5.2019, p. 66.

(2)  
            OJ L 121, 8.5.2019, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 132, 1.6.1996, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.