DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 79/2016

of 29 April 2016

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/2029]

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) 2016/238 of 19 February 2016 amending the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 579/2014 granting derogation from certain provisions of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the transport of liquid oils and fats by sea (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/239 of 19 February 2016 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of tropane alkaloids in certain cereal-based foods for infants and young children (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 shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following is added in point 54j (Commission Regulation (EU) No 579/2014):

‘, as amended by:

—	32016 R 0238: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/238 of 19 February 2016 (OJ L 45, 20.2.2016, p. 1).’;

(2)

the following indent is added in point 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006):

‘—	32016 R 0239: Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/239 of 19 February 2016 (OJ L 45, 20.2.2016, p. 3).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2016/238 and (EU) 2016/239 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 30 April 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, 29 April 2016.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Claude MAERTEN

(1) OJ L 45, 20.2.2016, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 45, 20.2.2016, p. 3.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.