Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 32/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/10]
Date: 2021-02-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement, withdrawal from the market




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 32/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/10]


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) 2020/869 of 24 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances beflubutamid, benalaxyl, benthiavalicarb, bifenazate, boscalid, bromoxynil, captan, cyazofamid, dimethomorph, ethephon, etoxazole, famoxadone, fenamiphos, flumioxazine, fluoxastrobin, folpet, formetanate, metribuzin, milbemectin, Paecilomyces lilacinus strain 251, phenmedipham, phosmet, pirimiphos-methyl, propamocarb, prothioconazole and S-metolachlor (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/892 of 29 June 2020 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance beta-cyfluthrin, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/968 of 3 July 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance pyriproxyfen in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1003 of 9 July 2020 renewing the approval of the active substances Phlebiopsis gigantea strains VRA 1835, VRA 1984 and FOC PG 410.3 as low-risk substances in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1004 of 9 July 2020 approving the basic substance cow milk in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1018 of 13 July 2020 approving ferric pyrophosphate as low-risk active substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(7)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



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






1.


The following indents are added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):






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32020 R 0869: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/869 of 24 June 2020 (OJ L 201, 25.6.2020, p. 7),










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32020 R 0892: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/892 of 29 June 2020 (OJ L 206, 30.6.2020, p. 5),










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32020 R 0968: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/968 of 3 July 2020 (OJ L 213, 6.7.2020, p. 7),










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32020 R 1003: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1003 of 9 July 2020 (OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 127),










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32020 R 1004: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1004 of 9 July 2020 (OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 133),










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32020 R 1018: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1018 of 13 July 2020 (OJ L 225, 14.7.2020, p. 9).’














2.


The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzv (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/646):






‘13zzzzzzzzzzw.



32020 R 0892: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/892 of 29 June 2020 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance beta-cyfluthrin, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 206, 30.6.2020, p. 5).










13zzzzzzzzzzx.



32020 R 0968: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/968 of 3 July 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance pyriproxyfen in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 213, 6.7.2020, p. 7).










13zzzzzzzzzzy.



32020 R 1003: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1003 of 9 July 2020 renewing the approval of the active substances Phlebiopsis gigantea strains VRA 1835, VRA 1984 and FOC PG 410.3 as low-risk substances in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 127).










13zzzzzzzzzzz.



32020 R 1004: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1004 of 9 July 2020 approving the basic substance cow milk in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 133).










13zzzzzzzzzzza.



32020 R 1018: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1018 of 13 July 2020 approving ferric pyrophosphate as low-risk active substance in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 225, 14.7.2020, p. 9).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/869, (EU) 2020/892, (EU) 2020/968, (EU) 2020/1003, (EU) 2020/1004 and (EU) 2020/1018 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 February 2021, 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, 5 February 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Clara GANSLANDT
            





(1)  
            OJ L 201, 25.6.2020, p. 7.

(2)  
            OJ L 206, 30.6.2020, p. 5.

(3)  
            OJ L 213, 6.7.2020, p. 7.

(4)  
            OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 127.

(5)  
            OJ L 221, 10.7.2020, p. 133.

(6)  
            OJ L 225, 14.7.2020, p. 9.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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