Date: 2023-11-09Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2023 of 28 April 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2288]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 81/2023, dated April 28, 2023, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The decision incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 into the EEA Agreement. Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 amends Annexes II, III, and IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009, adding recovered high-purity materials as a component material category in EU fertilizing products. The amendment is added to point 1 (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of Chapter XIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement) as "32022 R 1171: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 of 22 March 2022 (OJ L 183, 8.7.2022, p. 2)." The authentic text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 in Icelandic and Norwegian languages will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. This Decision entered into force on April 29, 2023, contingent upon completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, or on the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2023 of 28 April 2023, whichever is later. 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: Agreement on the European Economic Area
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/1171: A regulation amending Annexes II, III and IV to Regulation EU 2019/1009, adding recovered high purity materials as a component material category in EU fertilising products.
Regulation EU 2019/1009: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning EU fertilising products.
European Parliament: Legislative branch of the European Union
Council of the European Union: A component of the European Union's legislative branch, comprising ministers from each member state.
Brussels: The location where the decision was made.
Nicolas VON LINGEN: The President of the EEA Joint Committee.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2288 9.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 81/2023
of 28 April 2023
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2288]
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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 of 22 March 2022 amending Annexes II, III and IV to
Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adding recovered
high purity materials as a component material category in EU fertilising products(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 1 (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of
Chapter XIV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement:
‘— 32022 R 1171: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 of 22 March 2022(OJ L 183, 8.7.2022, p. 2).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1171 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 29 April 2023, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA
Agreement have been made*, or on the day of the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2023 of
28 April 2023(2), whichever is the later.
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, 28 April 2023.
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
Nicolas VON LINGEN
(1) OJ L 183, 8.7.2022, p. 2.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L, 2023/2233, 9.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/2023/2233/oj
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2288/oj 1/1