Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 332/2021 of 10 December 2021 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/696]
Date: 2021-12-10
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, edible insect, food inspection, food safety, food supplement, human nutrition, labelling, market approval, novel food, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 332/2021
of 10 December 2021
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/696]


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) 2021/882 of 1 June 2021 authorising the placing on the market of dried Tenebrio molitor larva 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)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/900 of 3 June 2021 authorising a change of the conditions of use of the novel food ‘galacto-oligosaccharide’ under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/912 of 4 June 2021 authorising changes in the specifications of the novel food Lacto-N-neotetraose (microbial source) and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


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.












(5)


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 indents are added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):






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32021 R 0882: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/882 of 1 June 2021 (OJ L 194, 2.6.2021, p. 16),










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32021 R 0900: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/900 of 3 June 2021 (OJ L 197, 4.6.2021, p. 71),










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32021 R 0912: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/912 of 4 June 2021 (OJ L 199, 7.6.2021, p. 10).’














2.


The following points are inserted after point 196 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/601):






‘197.



32021 R 0882: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/882 of 1 June 2021 authorising the placing on the market of dried Tenebrio molitor larva 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 194, 2.6.2021, p. 16).










198.



32021 R 0900: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/900 of 3 June 2021 authorising a change of the conditions of use of the novel food ‘galacto-oligosaccharide’ under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 197, 4.6.2021, p. 71).










199.



32021 R 0912: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/912 of 4 June 2021 authorising changes in the specifications of the novel food Lacto-N-neotetraose (microbial source) and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 199, 7.6.2021, p. 10).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/882, (EU) 2021/900 and (EU) 2021/912 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 194, 2.6.2021, p. 16.

(2)  
            OJ L 197, 4.6.2021, p. 71.

(3)  
            OJ L 199, 7.6.2021, p. 10.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/696/oj
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