Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 294/2019 of 13 December 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/312]
Date: 2019-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, baby food, dietary product, food inspection, food safety, food supplement, human nutrition, market approval, milk protein, 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 294/2019
of 13 December 2019
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/312]


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) 2019/1686 of 8 October 2019 authorising the extension of use of bovine milk basic whey protein isolate 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)


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.












(3)


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 indent is added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):






‘—



32019 R 1686: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1686 of 8 October 2019 (OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 13).’














2.


The following point is inserted after point 168 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1314):






‘169.



32019 R 1686: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1686 of 8 October 2019 authorising the extension of use of bovine milk basic whey protein isolate 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 258, 9.10.2019, p. 13).’










Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1686 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 14 December 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, 13 December 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 258, 9.10.2019, p. 13.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.