Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 194/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1996]
This document is a Decision of the EEA Joint Committee, specifically Decision No. 194/2020, dated 11 December 2020. It amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206, which authorizes the placing on the market of fruit pulp, pulp juice, and concentrated pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. as a traditional food from a third country. This regulation falls under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 and amends Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470. The Decision specifies that legislation regarding foodstuffs does not apply to Liechtenstein under certain conditions related to the Agreement between the European Community and Switzerland on trade in agricultural products. The amendment involves adding an indent in point 124b and inserting a point after point 175 in Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement, both referencing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 (OJ L 43, 17.2.2020, p. 66). The authentic texts of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 in Icelandic and Norwegian will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision entered into force on 12 December 2020, pending notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, and will be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Sabine Monauni.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Joint Committee: The decision was made by the EEA Joint Committee.
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Liechtenstein: A country in Europe to which certain aspects of the legislation do not apply under specific conditions.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/206: A regulation authorising the placing on the market of fruit pulp, pulp juice, concentrated pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. as a traditional food from a third country.
Regulation EU 2015/2283: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council referenced in Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/206.
Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2017/2470: A regulation amended by Commission Implementing Regulation EU 2020/206.
Brussels: The city in which the decision was made.
Theobroma cacao L.: The scientific name of the cacao tree, the source of cocoa.
28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/39
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 194/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/1996]
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) 2020/206 of 14 February 2020authorising the placing on the market
of fruit pulp, pulp juice, concentrated pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. as a traditional food from a third country
under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Implementing
Regulation (EU) 2017/2470(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
Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:
1. The following indent is added in point 124b (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470):
‘— 32020 R 0206: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 of 14 February 2020 (OJ L 43,
17.2.2020, p. 66).’
2. The following point is inserted after point 175 (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/24):
‘176. 32020 R 0206: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 of 14 February 2020 authorising the
placing on the market of fruit pulp, pulp juice, concentrated pulp juice from Theobroma cacao L. as a traditional
food from a third country under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and
amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 (OJ L 43, 17.2.2020, p. 66).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/206 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*.
(1) OJ L 43, 17.2.2020, p. 66.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.L 240/40 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2023
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, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI