Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the Eea Joint Committee No 120/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1564]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 120/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/525 of October 19, 2020, which itself amends Annexes II and III to Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products. Specifically, the decision adds the reference "32021 R 0525: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/525 of 19 October 2020 (OJ L 106, 26.3.2021, p. 3)" to point 12n (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. The authentic texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/525 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, following notification under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement. The Decision will be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for decisions related to the EEA Agreement
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2021/525: A regulation amending Annexes II and III to Regulation EU No 528/2012 concerning biocidal products
Regulation EU No 528/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products
Annex II: Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification to the EEA Agreement
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee
European Union: Political and economic union of European countries
L 246/62 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 120/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2022/1564]
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) 2021/525 of 19 October 2020amending Annexes II and III to Regulation
(EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market
and use of biocidal 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 indent is added in point 12n (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council)
of Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘- 32021 R 0525: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/525 of 19 October 2020(OJ L 106, 26.3.2021, p. 3).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/525 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 30 April 2022, 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, 29 April 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 106, 26.3.2021, p. 3.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.