Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 285/2024 of 6 December 2024 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/553]
Date: 2024-12-06
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, action programme, disclosure of information, market approval, plant health control, plant health product, revision of an agreement, vineyard




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 285/2024
of 6 December 2024
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/553]


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) 2024/1487 of 29 May 2024 defining data requirements for the approval of safeners and synergists and establishing a work programme for the gradual review of safeners and synergists on the market in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/324 of 19 January 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances benzovindiflupyr, bromuconazole, buprofezin, cyflufenamid, fluazinam, fluopyram, flutolanil, lambda-cyhalothrin, mecoprop-P, mepiquat, metsulfuron-methyl, phosphane and pyraclostrobin (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1734 of 21 June 2024 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012 as regards allocation to Member States, for the purposes of the renewal procedure, of the evaluation of the active substance deltamethrin (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1749 of 24 June 2024 renewing the approval of the active substance metconazole as a candidate for substitution in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1768 of 26 June 2024 approving the basic substance Onobrychis viciifolia (sainfoin) dried pellets in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(6)


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):






‘—



32024 R 0324: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/324 of 19 January 2024 (OJ L, 2024/324, 22.1.2024),










—



32024 R 1749: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1749 of 24 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1749, 25.6.2024),










—



32024 R 1768: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1768 of 26 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1768, 27.6.2024).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 13zzze (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 686/2012):






‘—



32024 R 1734: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1734 of 21 June 2024 (OJ L, 2024/1734, 24.6.2024).’














3.


The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzzzm (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/836):






‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzzzn.



32024 R 1487: Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 of 29 May 2024 defining data requirements for the approval of safeners and synergists and establishing a work programme for the gradual review of safeners and synergists on the market in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/1487, 30.5.2024).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzzo.



32024 R 1749: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1749 of 24 June 2024 renewing the approval of the active substance metconazole as a candidate for substitution in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L, 2024/1749, 25.6.2024).










13zzzzzzzzzzzzzzp.



32024 R 1768: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1768 of 26 June 2024 approving the basic substance Onobrychis viciifolia (sainfoin) dried pellets in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L, 2024/1768, 27.6.2024).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulation (EU) 2024/1487 and Implementing Regulations (EU) 2024/324, (EU) 2024/1734, (EU) 2024/1749 and (EU) 2024/1768 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 7 December 2024, 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, 6 December 2024.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Anders H. EIDE
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/1487, 30.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1487/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2024/324, 22.1.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/324/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L, 2024/1734, 24.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1734/oj.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2024/1749, 25.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1749/oj.

(5)  
            OJ L, 2024/1768, 27.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/1768/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/553/oj
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