Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 280/2021 of 29 October 2021 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/533]
Date: 2021-10-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, crop production, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, pesticide residue, revision of an agreement, seed




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 280/2021
of 29 October 2021
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/533]


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) 2021/590 of 12 April 2021 amending Annexes II and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for aclonifen, boscalid, cow milk, etofenprox, ferric pyrophosphate, L-cysteine, lambda-cyhalothrin, maleic hydrazide, mefentrifluconazole, sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate, sodium o-nitrophenolate, sodium p-nitrophenolate and triclopyr in or on certain products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/976 of 4 June 2021 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for cycloxydim, mepiquat, Metschnikowia fructicola strain NRRL Y-27328 and prohexadione in or on certain products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs 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.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following indents are added in point 40 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32021 R 0590: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/590 of 12 April 2021 (OJ L 125, 13.4.2021, p. 15),










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32021 R 0976: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/976 of 4 June 2021 (OJ L 216, 18.6.2021, p. 1).’






Article 2
The following indents are added in point 54zzy (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32021 R 0590: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/590 of 12 April 2021 (OJ L 125, 13.4.2021, p. 15),










—



32021 R 0976: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/976 of 4 June 2021 (OJ L 216, 18.6.2021, p. 1).’






Article 3
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2021/590 and (EU) 2021/976 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 30 October 2021, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


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, 29 October 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Rolf Einar FIFE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 125, 13.4.2021, p. 15.

(2)  
            OJ L 216, 18.6.2021, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/533/oj
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