Date: 2023-09-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 201/2020 of 11 December 2020 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2003]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 201/2020, adopted on December 11, 2020, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1244 of July 1, 2019, into the EEA Agreement. This implementing decision modifies Decision 2002/364/EC, specifically addressing requirements for HIV and HCV antigen and antibody combined tests, as well as requirements for nucleic acid amplification techniques concerning reference materials and qualitative HIV assays. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1244 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on December 12, 2020, contingent upon completion of 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 governing body responsible for decisions related to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area, which extends the EU's single market to Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: A part of the EEA Agreement that deals with technical regulations, standards, testing and certification.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2019/1244: A decision by the European Commission amending Decision 2002/364/EC regarding requirements for HIV and HCV antigen and antibody combined tests and nucleic acid amplification techniques.
Decision 2002/364/EC: A previous decision related to requirements for HIV and HCV tests.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Iceland: A Nordic island country in the North Atlantic.
Norway: A Nordic country in Northern Europe, whose mainland territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula
L 240/52 EN Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 201/2020
of 11 December 2020
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2003]
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) 2019/1244 of 1 July 2019amending Decision 2002/364/EC as regards
requirements for HIV and HCV antigen and antibody combined tests and as regards requirements for nucleic acid
amplification techniques with respect to reference materials and qualitative HIV assays(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 3 (Commission Decision 2002/364/EC) of Chapter XXX of Annex II to the EEA
Agreement:
‘— 32019 D 1244: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1244 of 1 July 2019(OJ L 193, 19.7.2019, p. 1).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1244 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 193, 19.7.2019, p. 1.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.28.9.2023 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 240/53
Done at Brussels, 11 December 2020.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Sabine MONAUNI