Date: 2026-02-12Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 238/2025 of 24 October 2025 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2026/217]
EEA Joint Committee Decision No 238/2025 of 24 October 2025 amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2026/217]. It incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1324 of 7 July 2025, which amends Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1396 regarding administrative aspects of expert panels and the designation of an additional expert panel in the field of medical devices, into the EEA Agreement. The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1324 will be published in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision enters into force on 25 October 2025, provided all notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made. The decision was done at Brussels. The President of the EEA Joint Committee is Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON. The ELI is http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/217/oj. OJ L, 2025/1324, 8.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1324/oj.
Key Entities Referenced
EEA Agreement: Agreement on the European Economic Area. This decision amends Annex II of the EEA Agreement.
EEA Joint Committee: The committee responsible for making the decision being presented.
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1324: Commission Implementing Decision that is being incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification): This annex to the EEA Agreement is amended by the decision.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2026/217 12.2.2026
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEENo 238/2025
of 24 October 2025
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the
EEA Agreement [2026/217]
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) 2025/1324 of 7 July 2025 amending Implementing Decision
(EU) 2019/1396 as regards certain administrative aspects related to expert panels and as regards the designation of
an additional expert panel in the field of medical devices(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 is added in point 11a (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1396) of Chapter XXX of Annex II to
the EEA Agreement:
‘, as amended by:
— 32025 D 1324: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1324 of 7 July 2025 (OJ L, 2025/1324, 8.7.2025).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1324 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 25 October 2025, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made(*).
(1) OJ L, 2025/1324, 8.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/1324/oj.
(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/217/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 12.2.2026
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, 24 October 2025.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/217/oj