DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 83/2023

of 28 April 2023

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2238]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973 of 14 March 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down criteria on agronomic efficiency and safety for the use of by-products in EU fertilising products (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following point is inserted after point 1 (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:

‘1a.

32022 R 0973: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973 of 14 March 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down criteria on agronomic efficiency and safety for the use of by-products in EU fertilising products (OJ L 167, 24.6.2022, p. 29).’

Article 2

The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/973 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 29 April 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1), or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2023 of 28 April 2023 (2), 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, 28 April 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

(1) OJ L 167, 24.6.2022, p. 29.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.

(2) OJ L, 2023/2233, 9.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/2233/oj .