Date: 2022-10-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 117/2019 of 8 May 2019 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/2015]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 117/2019, adopted on May 8, 2019, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/157 of November 6, 2018, into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2019/157 amends Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014, concerning the work program for the systematic examination of existing active substances in biocidal products, as outlined in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. The amendment is reflected by adding the identifier "32019 R 0157: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/157 of 6 November 2018 (OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 1)" to point 12nza of Chapter XV of Annex II. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language versions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/157 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on June 1, 2019, following the completion of all notifications required under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The decision was published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee at the time of adoption was Claude Maerten.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The governing body responsible for decisions related to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA).
Agreement on the European Economic Area: An international agreement that extends the European Union's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2019/157: A European Union regulation amending Annex II to Delegated Regulation EU No 1062/2014 concerning biocidal products.
Regulation EU No 528/2012: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: A section of the EEA Agreement pertaining to technical regulations, standards, testing, and certification.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU No 1062/2014: A European Union regulation on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances contained in biocidal products.
Brussels: The city where the decision of the EEA Joint Committee was made.
Iceland: One of the countries to which the EEA Agreement applies.
27.10.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 279/15
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 117/2019
of 8 May 2019
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2022/2015]
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) 2019/157 of 6 November 2018amending Annex II to Delegated Regulation
(EU) No 1062/2014 on the work programme for the systematic examination of all existing active substances
contained in biocidal products referred to in Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the
Council(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 indent is added in point 12nza (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2014) of Chapter XV of
Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32019 R 0157: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/157 of 6 November 2018(OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/157 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 1 June 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made*.
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, 8 May 2019.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Claude MAERTEN
(1) OJ L 31, 1.2.2019, p. 1.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.