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Document 22012D0009

Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 9/2012 of 10 February 2012 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

IO L 161, 21.6.2012, p. 15–15 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2012/9/oj

21.6.2012   

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 161/15


DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 9/2012

of 10 February 2012

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 129/2011 of 2 December 2011 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (2) is to be incorporated into the 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 stated in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(1)

the following shall be added in point 54zzzb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006):

‘, as amended by:

32008 R 0282: Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 (OJ L 86, 28.3.2008, p. 9).’;

(2)

the following shall be inserted after point 55 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011):

‘56.

32008 R 0282: Commission Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 of 27 March 2008 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 (OJ L 86, 28.3.2008, p. 9).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Paragraph 4(d) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement shall not be applicable to Article 6 of the Regulation.’.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 282/2008 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 February 2012, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*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 February 2012.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The Acting President

Gianluca GRIPPA


(1)   OJ L 76, 15.3.2012, p. 12.

(2)   OJ L 86, 28.3.2008, p. 9.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.


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