Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 31/2021 of 5 February 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/24]
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 31/2021
of 5 February 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/24]


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) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israeliensis (serotype H-14) strain AM65-52, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strains ABTS 351, PB 54, SA 11, SA12 and EG 2348, Beauveria bassiana strains ATCC 74040 and GHA, clodinafop, clopyralid, Cydia pomonella Granulovirus (CpGV), cyprodinil, dichlorprop-P, fenpyroximate, fosetyl, Lecanicillium muscarium (formerly ‘Verticillium lecanii’) strain Ve6, mepanipyrim, Metarhizium anisopliae (var. anisopliae) strain BIPESCO 5/F52, metconazole, metrafenone, Phlebiopsis gigantea strains FOC PG 410.3, VRA 1835 and VRA 1984, pirimicarb, Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain MA342, pyrimethanil, Pythium oligandrum M1, rimsulfuron, spinosad, Streptomyces K61 (formerly ‘S. griseoviridis’), Trichoderma asperellum (formerly ‘T. harzianum’) strains ICC012, T25 and TV1, Trichoderma atroviride (formerly ‘T. harzianum’) strains IMI 206040 and T11, Trichoderma gamsii (formerly ‘T. viride’) strain ICC080, Trichoderma harzianum strains T-22 and ITEM 908, triclopyr, trinexapac, triticonazole and ziram (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/616 of 5 May 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance foramsulfuron 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) 2020/617 of 5 May 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance metalaxyl-M, and restricting the use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing it, 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) 2020/640 of 12 May 2020 concerning the non-approval of propolis extract as a basic 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 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/642 of 12 May 2020 approving the basic substance L-cysteine 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) 2020/643 of 12 May 2020 concerning the non-approval of Saponaria officinalis L. roots as a basic 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 (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(7)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/646 of 13 May 2020 approving the active substance Lavandulyl senecioate as a low-risk 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 (7) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(8)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/653 of 14 May 2020 correcting Implementing Regulations (EU) No 540/2011 and (EU) 2019/706 as regards the CAS number of the active substance carvone (8) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(9)


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):






‘–



32020 R 0421: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/421 of 18 March 2020 (OJ L 84, 20.3.2020, p. 7),










–



32020 R 0616: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/616 of 5 May 2020 (OJ L 143, 6.5.2020, p. 1),










–



32020 R 0653: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/653 of 14 May 2020 (OJ L 152, 15.5.2020, p. 1).’










–



32020 R 0617: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/617 of 5 May 2020 (OJ L 143, 6.5.2020, p. 6),










–



32020 R 0642: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/642 of 12 May 2020 (OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 134),










–



32020 R 0646: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/646 of 13 May 2020 (OJ L 151, 14.5.2020, p. 3),














2.


The following is added in point 13zzzzzzzzzy (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/706):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32020 R 0653: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/653 of 14 May 2020 (OJ L 152, 15.5.2020, p. 1).’
                                 














3.


The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzp (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/18):






‘13zzzzzzzzzzq.



32020 R 0616: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/616 of 5 May 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance foramsulfuron 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 143, 6.5.2020, p. 1).










13zzzzzzzzzzr.



32020 R 0617: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/617 of 5 May 2020 renewing the approval of the active substance metalaxyl-M, and restricting the use of seeds treated with plant protection products containing it, 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 143, 6.5.2020, p. 6).










13zzzzzzzzzzs.



32020 R 0640: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/640 of 12 May 2020 concerning the non-approval of propolis extract as a basic 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 (OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 32).










13zzzzzzzzzzt.



32020 R 0642: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/642 of 12 May 2020 approving the basic substance L-cysteine 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 150, 13.5.2020, p. 134).










13zzzzzzzzzzu.



32020 R 0643: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/643 of 12 May 2020 concerning the non-approval of Saponaria officinalis L. roots as a basic 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 (OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 138).










13zzzzzzzzzzv.



32020 R 0646: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/646 of 13 May 2020 approving the active substance Lavandulyl senecioate as a low-risk 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 151, 14.5.2020, p. 3).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/421, (EU) 2020/616, (EU) 2020/617, (EU) 2020/640, (EU) 2020/642, (EU) 2020/643, (EU) 2020/646 and (EU) 2020/653 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 84, 20.3.2020, p. 7.

(2)  
            OJ L 143, 6.5.2020, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 143, 6.5.2020, p. 6.

(4)  
            OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 32.

(5)  
            OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 134.

(6)  
            OJ L 150, 13.5.2020, p. 138.

(7)  
            OJ L 151, 14.5.2020, p. 3.

(8)  
            OJ L 152, 15.5.2020, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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