Date: 2022-09-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 123/2022 of 29 April 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1567]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 123/2022, adopted on April 29, 2022, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1839, which postpones the expiry date of approval for creosote when used in biocidal products of product-type 8. This decision is inserted into Chapter XV of Annex II of the EEA Agreement as point "12zzzzzzzp" referring to "32021 D 1839." The authentic text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1839 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision entered into force on April 30, 2022, following notifications 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.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for adopting decisions related to the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Annex II Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification to the EEA Agreement: A specific annex to the EEA Agreement that is being amended by this decision.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2021/1839: A specific EU implementing decision regarding the expiry date of approval of creosote.
creosote: A substance used in biocidal products, specifically product-type 8, whose approval expiry date is being postponed.
Article 98: Article number of the EEA agreement
Brussels: Location where the decision was finalized.
Iceland: One of the countries where the text of Implementing Decision EU 2021/1839 shall be authentic.
Norway: One of the countries where the text of Implementing Decision EU 2021/1839 shall be authentic.
L 246/66 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.9.2022
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 123/2022
of 29 April 2022
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2022/1567]
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 Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1839 of 15 October 2021postponing the expiry date of approval
of creosote for use in biocidal products of product-type 8(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 12zzzzzzzo (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1284) of Chapter
XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘12zzzzzzzp. 32021 D 1839: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1839 of 15 October 2021postponing the
expiry date of approval of creosote for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 (OJ L 372, 20.10.2021,
p. 27).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1839 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 372, 20.10.2021, p. 27.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.