Date: 2023-11-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 175/2023 of 13 June 2023 amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine [2023/2571]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 175/2023, dated 13 June 2023, amends Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, which concerns the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/317 of 21 February 2022, which confers protection under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 on the name "Dehesa Pealba" PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) into the EEA Agreement. This decision does not apply to Liechtenstein, contingent upon the extension of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products to Liechtenstein. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/317 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on 14 June 2023, following the completion of notifications 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. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Nicolas VON LINGEN. The official journal reference is OJ L series 2023/2571, 30.11.2023.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for decisions related to the EEA Agreement
Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement: Protocol on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine within the EEA Agreement
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2022/317: EU regulation conferring protection under Article 99 of Regulation EU No 1308/2013 on the name Dehesa Pealba PDO
Regulation EU No 1308/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on agricultural products
Dehesa Pealba PDO: Protected Designation of Origin wine name
Liechtenstein: A country to which the legislation regarding wine shall not apply under specific conditions
Brussels: The city where the decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2571 30.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 175/2023
of 13 June 2023
amending Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement, on the abolition of technical barriers to trade in wine
[2023/2571]
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 Regulation (EU) 2022/317 of 21 February 2022conferring protection under Article 99
of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name ‘Dehesa Peñalba’
(PDO)(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) This Decision concerns legislation regarding wine. Legislation regarding wine 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 seventh paragraph of the introduction to
Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.
(3) Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following point is inserted after point 8s (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/842) of Appendix I to
Protocol 47 to the EEA Agreement:
‘8t. 32022 R 0317: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/317 of 21 February 2022 conferring protection
under Article 99 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the name
‘Dehesa Peñalba’ (PDO) (OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 38).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/317 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 14 June 2023, 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.
(1) OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 38.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2571/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 30.11.2023
Done at Brussels, 13 June 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2571/oj