Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 268/2023 of 27 October 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1132]
Date: 2023-10-27
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement, withdrawal from the market




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 268/2023
of 27 October 2023
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/1132]


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) 2023/114 of 16 January 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances benzovindiflupyr, buprofezin, cyflufenamid, fluazinam, flutolanil, lambda-cyhalothrin, mecoprop-P, mepiquat, metiram, metsulfuron-methyl, phosphane and pyraclostrobin (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/115 of 16 January 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance dimoxystrobin (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/116 of 16 January 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval period of the active substance oxamyl (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/149 of 20 January 2023 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance benfluralin, 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 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/223 of 27 January 2023 renewing the approval of the active substance Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain MA 342 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 (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/199 of 30 January 2023 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride AT10 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 (6) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(7)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/200 of 30 January 2023 concerning the non-approval of lemon essential oil (Citrus limon essential oil) as a basic 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 (7) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(8)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/216 of 1 February 2023 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride AGR2 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 (8) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(9)


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):






‘—



32023 R 0114: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/114 of 16 January 2023 (OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 9),










—



32023 R 0115: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/115 of 16 January 2023 (OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 13),










—



32023 R 0116: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/116 of 16 January 2023 (OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 15),










—



32023 R 0149: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/149 of 20 January 2023 (OJ L 20, 23.1.2023, p. 30),










—



32023 R 0223: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/223 of 27 January 2023 (OJ L 32, 3.2.2023, p. 5),










—



32023 R 0199: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/199 of 30 January 2023 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2023, p. 22),










—



32023 R 0216: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/216 of 1 February 2023 (OJ L 30, 2.2.2023, p. 7).’














2.


The following points are added after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzze (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1429):






‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzzf.



32023 R 0149: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/149 of 20 January 2023 concerning the non-renewal of the approval of the active substance benfluralin, 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 20, 23.1.2023, p. 30).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzg.



32023 R 0223: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/223 of 27 January 2023 renewing the approval of the active substance Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain MA 342 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 32, 3.2.2023, p. 5).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzh.



32023 R 0199: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/199 of 30 January 2023 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride AT10 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 27, 31.1.2023, p. 22).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzi.



32023 R 0200: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/200 of 30 January 2023 concerning the non-approval of lemon essential oil (Citrus limon essential oil) as a basic 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 (OJ L 27, 31.1.2023, p. 26).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzj.



32023 R 0216: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/216 of 1 February 2023 approving the low-risk active substance Trichoderma atroviride AGR2 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 30, 2.2.2023, p. 7).’










Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2023/114, (EU) 2023/115, (EU) 2023/116, (EU) 2023/149, (EU) 2023/223, (EU) 2023/199, (EU) 2023/200 and (EU) 2023/216 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 28 October 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, 27 October 2023.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Pascal SCHAFHAUSER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 9.

(2)  
            OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 13.

(3)  
            OJ L 15, 17.1.2023, p. 15.

(4)  
            OJ L 20, 23.1.2023, p. 30.

(5)  
            OJ L 32, 3.2.2023, p. 5.

(6)  
            OJ L 27, 31.1.2023, p. 22.

(7)  
            OJ L 27, 31.1.2023, p. 26.

(8)  
            OJ L 30, 2.2.2023, p. 7.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


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