Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 128/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1572]
Date: 2022-04-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement




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22.9.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 128/2022
of 29 April 2022
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1572]


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) 2021/1446 of 3 September 2021 correcting Implementing Regulations (EU) No 540/2011 and (EU) No 563/2014 as regards the CAS number of the basic substance chitosan hydrochloride (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1450 of 3 September 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the approval periods of the active substances acrinathrin and prochloraz (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1452 of 3 September 2021 renewing the approval of the active substance potassium hydrogen carbonate 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 the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1455 of 6 September 2021 approving the low-risk active substance Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain AH2 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 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


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):






‘—



32021 R 1446: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1446 of 3 September 2021 (OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 9),










—



32021 R 1450: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1450 of 3 September 2021 (OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 25),










—



32021 R 1452: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1452 of 3 September 2021 (OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 30),










—



32021 R 1455: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1455 of 6 September 2021 (OJ L 315, 7.9.2021, p. 1).’














(2)


The following is added in point 13zzzzc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 563/2014):

                              ‘, as amended by:






—



32021 R 1446: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1446 of 3 September 2021 (OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 9).’
                                 














(3)


The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1379):






‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzd.



32021 R 1452: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1452 of 3 September 2021 renewing the approval of the active substance potassium hydrogen carbonate 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 the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 30).










13zzzzzzzzzzzze.



32021 R 1455: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1455 of 6 September 2021 approving the low-risk active substance Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain AH2 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 315, 7.9.2021, p. 1).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/1446, (EU) 2021/1450, (EU) 2021/1452 and (EU) 2021/1455 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 30 April 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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, 29 April 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 9.

(2)  
            OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 25.

(3)  
            OJ L 313, 6.9.2021, p. 30.

(4)  
            OJ L 315, 7.9.2021, p. 1.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.