Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 327/2021 of 10 December 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/728]
Date: 2021-12-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, food standard, foodstuff, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 327/2021
of 10 December 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/728]


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) 2021/1175 of 16 July 2021 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the use of polyols in certain energy-reduced confectionery products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1399 of 24 August 2021 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of ergot sclerotia and ergot alkaloids in certain foodstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


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.












(4)


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 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006):






‘—



32021 R 1399: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1399 of 24 August 2021 (OJ L 301, 25.8.2021, p. 1).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 54zzzzr (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32021 R 1175: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1175 of 16 July 2021 (OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 53).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2021/1175 and (EU) 2021/1399 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 11 December 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, 10 December 2021.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Rolf Einar FIFE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 256, 19.7.2021, p. 53.

(2)  
            OJ L 301, 25.8.2021, p. 1.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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