CELEX: 22018D1169
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 231/2016 of 2 December 2016 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1169]

23.8.2018   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 215/24
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         No 231/2016
         of 2 December 2016
         amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2018/1169]
         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)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2015/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 repealing Council Directive 76/621/EEC relating to the fixing of the maximum level of erucic acid in oils and fats and Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Regulation (EU) 2015/2284 repeals Council Directive 76/621/EEC (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement.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 shall be amended as follows:
            
                        (1)
                     
                     
                        the following point is inserted after point 113 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/862):
                        
                                    ‘114.
                                 
                                 
                                    
                                       32015 R 2284: Regulation (EU) 2015/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 repealing Council Directive 76/621/EEC relating to the fixing of the maximum level of erucic acid in oils and fats and Council Regulation (EC) No 320/2006 establishing a temporary scheme for the restructuring of the sugar industry (OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 23).’;
                                 
                              
                  
                        (2)
                     
                     
                        the text of point 12 (Council Directive 76/621/EEC) is deleted.
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The text of Regulation (EU) 2015/2284 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 3 December 2016, 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, 2 December 2016.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Bergdís ELLERTSDÓTTIR
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 327, 11.12.2015, p. 23.
         
            (2)  OJ L 202, 28.7.1976, p. 35.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.