Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 122/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1566]
Date: 2022-04-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, dangerous substance, market approval, marketing standard, medical device, packaging, public health, revision of an agreement, scientific progress, technological change




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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 122/2022
of 29 April 2022
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1566]


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) 2021/2045 of 23 November 2021 amending Annex XIV to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1962 of 12 August 2021 correcting Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1979 of 11 August 2021 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in plastic components in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detector coils (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1980 of 11 August 2021 amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for the use of bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in ion-selective electrodes for analysing human body fluids and/or dialysate fluids (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 12q (Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32021 L 1979: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1979 of 11 August 2021 (OJ L 402, 15.11.2021, p. 69),










—



32021 L 1980: Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1980 of 11 August 2021 (OJ L 402, 15.11.2021, p. 73).’














(2)


The following indent is added in point 12zc (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32021 R 2045: Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/2045 of 23 November 2021 (OJ L 418, 24.11.2021, p. 6).’














(3)


The following indent is added in point 12zze (Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32021 R 1962: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1962 of 12 August 2021 (OJ L 400, 12.11.2021, p. 16).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) 2021/2045, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1962 and Delegated Directives (EU) 2021/1979 and (EU) 2021/1980 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 418, 24.11.2021, p. 6.

(2)  
            OJ L 400, 12.11.2021, p. 16.

(3)  
            OJ L 402, 15.11.2021, p. 69.

(4)  
            OJ L 402, 15.11.2021, p. 73.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.