Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 205/2025 of 19 September 2025 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2026/38]
Date: 2025-09-19
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, consumer protection, food additive, food safety, foodstuff, human nutrition, labelling, public health, revision of an agreement, single market




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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 205/2025
of 19 September 2025
         
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2026/38]


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) 2025/651 of 2 April 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 as regards the use of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E 471) and carnauba wax (E 903) as glazing agents on certain fresh fruit and cassavas and of lecithins (E 322) and fatty acids (E 570) as carriers in glazing agents on cassavas (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/652 of 2 April 2025 amending Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council and Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012 as regards the use of Steviol glycosides produced by fermentation using Yarrowia lipolytica (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding 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 introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.












(4)


Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is amended as follows:






1.


The following indents are added in point 54zzzzr (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council):






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32025 R 0651: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/651 of 2 April 2025 (OJ L, 2025/651, 3.4.2025),










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32025 R 0652: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/652 of 2 April 2025 (OJ L, 2025/652, 3.4.2025).’














2.


The following indent is added in point 69 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 231/2012):






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32025 R 0652: Commission Regulation (EU) 2025/652 of 2 April 2025 (OJ L, 2025/652, 3.4.2025).’










Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) 2025/651 and (EU) 2025/652 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 20 September 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, 19 September 2025.






For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L, 2025/651, 3.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/651/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L, 2025/652, 3.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/652/oj.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/38/oj
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