Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 197/2024 of 23 September 2024 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/3063]
Date: 2024-09-23
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, animal product, consumer protection, crop production, food inspection, food safety, foodstuff, pesticide, pesticide residue, revision of an agreement




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 197/2024
of 23 September 2024
         
amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/3063]


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) 2024/1342 of 21 May 2024 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for deltamethrin, metalaxyl, thiabendazole and trifloxystrobin in or on certain products (1), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90314, 24.5.2024, 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 indent is added in point 40 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32024 R 1342: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1342 of 21 May 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1342, 22.5.2024), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90314, 24.5.2024.’






Article 2
The following indent is added in 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:






‘—



32024 R 1342: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1342 of 21 May 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1342, 22.5.2024), as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90314, 24.5.2024.’






Article 3
The text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1342, as corrected by OJ L, 2024/90314, 24.5.2024, 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 24 September 2024, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


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, 23 September 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1342, 22.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1342/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3063/oj
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