DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 126/2009

of 4 December 2009

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)	Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2009 of 3 July 2009 (1).

(2)	Commission Regulation (EC) No 565/2008 of 18 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 setting maximum levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs as regards the establishment of a maximum level for dioxins and PCBs in fish liver (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)	This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added in point 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘—	32009 R 0308: Commission Regulation (EC) No 308/2009 of 15 April 2009 (OJ L 97, 16.4.2009, p. 8).’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 308/2009 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 5 December 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 73/2008 of 6 June 2008, whichever is the later.

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, 4 December 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1) OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 27.

(2) OJ L 160, 19.6.2008, p. 20.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.