CELEX: 22019D0743
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 136/2017 of 7 July 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/743]

16.5.2019   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 128/31
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 136/2017
         of 7 July 2017
         amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/743]
         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 Decision (EU) 2017/500 of 21 March 2017 on recognition of the ‘Bonsucro EU’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Commission Implementing Decision 2011/439/EU (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, expired on 9 August 2016 and consequently the reference thereto should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            The text of point 6ae (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/439/EU) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:
            
               ‘32017 D 0500: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/500 of 21 March 2017 on recognition of the ‘Bonsucro EU’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 40).’
            
         
         
            Article 2
            The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/500 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 8 July 2017, 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, 7 July 2017.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Sabine MONAUNI
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 40.
         
            (2)  OJ L 190, 21.7.2011, p. 81.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.