Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 113/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1557]
Date: 2022-04-29
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal feedingstuffs, consumer protection, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, pesticide residue, 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 113/2022
of 29 April 2022
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1557]


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) 2021/1355 of 12 August 2021 on multiannual national control programmes for pesticides residues to be established by Member States (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 40a (Commission Recommendation 2012/154/EU) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘40b.



32021 R 1355: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1355 of 12 August 2021 on multiannual national control programmes for pesticides residues to be established by Member States (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 120).’






Article 2
The following point is inserted after 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:






‘54zzya.



32021 R 1355: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1355 of 12 August 2021 on multiannual national control programmes for pesticides residues to be established by Member States (OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 120).’






Article 3
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1355 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 April 2022, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*).


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 April 2022.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 291, 13.8.2021, p. 120.

(*)  No constitutional requirements indicated.