Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 59/2025 of 14 March 2025 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1038]
Date: 2025-03-14
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, biocide, chemical product, inorganic acid, insecticide, market approval, microorganism, preservative, revision of an agreement, wood product




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 59/2025
of 14 March 2025
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2025/1038]


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) 2024/2964 of 29 November 2024 approving reaction products of boric acid with didecylamine and ethylene oxide (polymeric betaine) as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2402 of 12 September 2024 not renewing the approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product-types 8 and 18 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2930 of 28 November 2024 postponing the expiry date of the approval of dazomet for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(4)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2945 of 29 November 2024 postponing the expiry date of the approval of tralopyril for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(5)


Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2948 of 29 November 2024 on the non-approval of certain active substances for use in biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (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
The following points are inserted after point 12zzzzzzzzzzzk (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2712) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:






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32024 R 2964: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2964 of 29 November 2024 approving reaction products of boric acid with didecylamine and ethylene oxide (polymeric betaine) as an existing active substance for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2964, 2.12.2024).










12zzzzzzzzzzzm.



32024 D 2402: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2402 of 12 September 2024 not renewing the approval of sulfuryl fluoride for use in biocidal products of product-types 8 and 18 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2402, 13.9.2024).










12zzzzzzzzzzzn.



32024 D 2930: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2930 of 28 November 2024 postponing the expiry date of the approval of dazomet for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2930, 2.12.2024).










12zzzzzzzzzzzo.



32024 D 2945: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2945 of 29 November 2024 postponing the expiry date of the approval of tralopyril for use in biocidal products of product-type 21 in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2945, 2.12.2024).










12zzzzzzzzzzzp.



32024 D 2948: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2948 of 29 November 2024 on the non-approval of certain active substances for use in biocidal products in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L, 2024/2948, 3.12.2024).’






Article 2
The texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2964 and Implementing Decisions (EU) 2024/2402, (EU) 2024/2930, (EU) 2024/2945 and (EU) 2024/2948 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 15 March 2025, 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, 14 March 2025.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2024/2964, 2.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2964/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2024/2402, 13.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2402/oj.

(3)  
            OJ L, 2024/2930, 2.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2930/oj.

(4)  
            OJ L, 2024/2945, 2.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2945/oj.

(5)  
            OJ L, 2024/2948, 3.12.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2948/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1038/oj
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