Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 190/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1992]
This decision of the EEA Joint Committee No. 190/2020, dated 11 December 2020, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1667 of 10 November 2020, which itself amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/977 regarding the extension of temporary measures related to controls on the production of organic products, into the EEA Agreement. This decision does not apply to Liechtenstein, in accordance with the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II of the EEA Agreement, as long as the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein. The authentic texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1667 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 12 December 2020, following completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement and 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 Sabine Monauni.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The 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.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/1667: A regulation amending Implementing Regulation EU 2020/977 regarding controls on the production of organic products, to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Implementing Regulation EU 2020/977: Regulation regarding the period of application of the temporary measures in relation to controls on the production of organic products.
Liechtenstein: A European country to which the legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply under specific conditions.
European Union: Political and economic union of European countries.
Brussels: City in Belgium. Location where the decision was made.
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/31
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 190/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/1992]
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) 2020/1667 of 10 November 2020amending Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2020/977 as regards the period of application of the temporary measures in relation to controls on the
production of organic products(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
(2) 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 specified in the introduction to
Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.
(3) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following is added in point 54bc (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/977) of Chapter XII of Annex II to
the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
— 32020 R 1667: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1667 of 10 November 2020(OJ L 377, 11.11.2020,
p. 5).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1667 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 12 December 2020, 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 377, 11.11.2020, p. 5.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.L 240/32 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2023
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI