CELEX: 22020D0809
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 55/2019 of 29 March 2019 amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/809]

2.7.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 210/18
               
            
         DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 55/2019
         of 29 March 2019
         amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) and Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2020/809]
         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) 2018/1514 of 10 October 2018 amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for abamectin, acibenzolar-S-methyl, clopyralid, emamectin, fenhexamid, fenpyrazamine, fluazifop-P, isofetamid, Pasteuria nishizawae Pn1, talc E553B and tebuconazole in or on certain products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1515 of 10 October 2018 amending Annexes III and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for diphenylamine and oxadixyl in or on certain products (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1516 of 10 October 2018 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for penoxsulam, triflumizole and triflumuron in or on certain products (3) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     This Decision concerns legislation regarding feedingstuffs and foodstuffs. Legislation regarding feedingstuffs and 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 sectoral adaptations to Annex I and the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Annexes I and II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
         
            Article 1
            The following indents are added in point 40 (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter II of Annex I to the EEA Agreement:
            
                        ‘—
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1514: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1514 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 8),
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1515: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1515 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 33),
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1516: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1516 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 45).’
                     
                  
         
            Article 2
            The following indents are added in point 54zzy (Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
            
                        ‘—
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1514: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1514 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 8),
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1515: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1515 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 33),
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        
                           32018 R 1516: Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1516 of 10 October 2018 (OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 45).’
                     
                  
         
            Article 3
            The texts of Regulations (EU) 2018/1514, (EU) 2018/1515 and (EU) 2018/1516 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 4
            This Decision shall enter into force on 30 March 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).
         
         
            Article 5
            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, 29 March 2019.
            
               
                  For the EEA Joint Committee
               
               
                  The President
               
               Claude MAERTEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 8.
         
            (2)  OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 33.
         
            (3)  OJ L 256, 12.10.2018, p. 45.
         
            (*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.