Date: 2023-06-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 310/2022 of 9 December 2022 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/1252]
**Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 310/2022, adopted on December 9, 2022, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement. The amendment incorporates Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/323 of February 22, 2022, which concerns unresolved objections regarding the authorization conditions for the biocidal product Sojet, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012. This decision inserts point "12zzzzzzzz" after point 12zzzzzzzy within Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement, specifically referencing Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/323 (OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 51). The Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/323 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and are considered authentic. The decision came into force on December 10, 2022, 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 decision-making body responsible for amending the EEA Agreement.
EEA Agreement: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification to the EEA Agreement.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2022/323: Commission Implementing Decision on the unresolved objections regarding the conditions for granting an authorisation for the biocidal product Sojet.
Regulation EU No 528/2012: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing on the market and use of biocidal products.
Sojet: A biocidal product mentioned in the Commission Implementing Decision EU 2022/323.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Kristjn Andri STEFNSSON: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
L 164/36 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 310/2022
of 9 December 2022
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/1252]
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) 2022/323 of 22 February 2022on the unresolved objections regarding
the conditions for granting an authorisation for the biocidal product Sojet in accordance with Regulation (EU)
No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council(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 point is inserted after point 12zzzzzzzy (Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1006) of Chapter
XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘12zzzzzzzz. 32022 D 0323: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/323 of 22 February 2022 on the
unresolved objections regarding the conditions for granting an authorisation for the biocidal product Sojet
in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 55,
28.2.2022, p. 51).’
Article 2
The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/323 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 10 December 2022, 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.
Done at Brussels, 9 December 2022.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Kristján Andri STEFÁNSSON
(1) OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 51.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.