Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 89/2023 of 28 April 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2244]
Date: 2023-04-28
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, antimicrobial resistance, disclosure of information, environmental protection, health risk, market approval, marketing standard, microorganism, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 89/2023
of 28 April 2023
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2244]


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) 2022/1438 of 31 August 2022 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific criteria for the approval of active substances that are micro-organisms (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1439 of 31 August 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 283/2013 as regards the information to be submitted for active substances and the specific data requirements for micro-organisms (2), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 94, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1440 of 31 August 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 284/2013 as regards the information to be submitted for plant protection products and the specific data requirements for plant protection products containing micro-organisms (3), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 97, is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1441 of 31 August 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 546/2011 as regards specific uniform principles for evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products containing micro-organisms (4), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 100, 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 indent is added in point 13 (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






‘—



32022 R 1438: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1438 of 31 August 2022 (OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 2).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 13b (Commission Regulation (EU) No 283/2013):






‘—



32022 R 1439: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1439 of 31 August 2022 (OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 8), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022.’














3.


The following indent is added in point 13c (Commission Regulation (EU) No 284/2013):






‘—



32022 R 1440: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1440 of 31 August 2022 (OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 38), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 97.’














4.


The following indent is added in point 13d (Commission Regulation (EU) No 546/2011):






‘—



32022 R 1441: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1441 of 31 August 2022 (OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 70), as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 100.’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2022/1438, (EU) 2022/1439, as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, (EU) 2022/1440, as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 97, and (EU) 2022/1441, as corrected by OJ L 304, 24.11.2022, p. 100, 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 29 April 2023, 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, 28 April 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 2.

(2)  
            OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 8.

(3)  
            OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 38.

(4)  
            OJ L 227, 1.9.2022, p. 70.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2244/oj
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