DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 183/2015

of 10 July 2015

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/23]

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 Regulation (EU) 2015/543 of 1 April 2015 approving the active substance COS-OGA, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/553 of 7 April 2015 approving the active substance cerevisane, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3)	Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

(1)

the following indents are added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):

‘—	32015 R 0543: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/543 of 1 April 2015 (OJ L 90, 2.4.2015, p. 1),

—	32015 R 0553: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/553 of 7 April 2015 (OJ L 92, 8.4.2015, p. 86).’;

(2)

the following points are inserted after point 13zzzzq (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/306):

‘13zzzzr.

32015 R 0543: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/543 of 1 April 2015 approving the active substance COS-OGA, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 90, 2.4.2015, p. 1).

13zzzzs.

32015 R 0553: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/553 of 7 April 2015 approving the active substance cerevisane, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 92, 8.4.2015, p. 86).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2015/543 and (EU) No 2015/553 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 11 July 2015, 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, 10 July 2015.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Atle LEIKVOLL

(1) OJ L 90, 2.4.2015, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 92, 8.4.2015, p. 86.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.