DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 216/2023

of 22 September 2023

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/971]

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) 2022/1364 of 4 August 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of hydrocyanic acid in certain foodstuffs (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2)	Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1370 of 5 August 2022 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of ochratoxin A in certain foodstuffs (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

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

‘—	32022 R 1364: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1364 of 4 August 2022 (OJ L 205, 5.8.2022, p. 227),

—	32022 R 1370: Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1370 of 5 August 2022 (OJ L 206, 8.8.2022, p. 11).’

Article 2

The texts of Regulations (EU) 2022/1364 and (EU) 2022/1370 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 23 September 2023, 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, 22 September 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Pascal SCHAFHAUSER

(1) OJ L 205, 5.8.2022, p. 227.

(2) OJ L 206, 8.8.2022, p. 11.

(*1) No constitutional requirements indicated.