Date: 2023-11-09Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 82/2023 of 28 April 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2237]
**Policy Summary:**
EEA Joint Committee Decision No. 82/2023, dated April 28, 2023, amends Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The amendment incorporates Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1519 of May 5, 2022, which modifies Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding requirements for EU fertilising products containing inhibiting compounds and the post-processing of digestate, into the EEA Agreement. This decision adds indent 32022 R 1519 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. The authentic Icelandic and Norwegian language texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1519 will be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union. The decision entered into force on April 29, 2023, contingent upon completion of notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement or the entry into force of Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 77/2023, whichever was 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: The Agreement on the European Economic Area.
Commission Delegated Regulation EU 2022/1519: A regulation amending Regulation EU 2019/1009 regarding EU fertilising products containing inhibiting compounds and the post processing of digestate.
Regulation EU 2019/1009: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements applicable to EU fertilising products.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement: Annex pertaining to Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification within the EEA Agreement.
Brussels: Location where the decision was made.
Iceland: One of the countries whose languages are to be used in publishing the text of Delegated Regulation EU 2022/1519.
Norway: One of the countries whose languages are to be used in publishing the text of Delegated Regulation EU 2022/1519.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2023/2237 9.11.2023
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 82/2023
of 28 April 2023
amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement
[2023/2237]
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) 2022/1519 of 5 May 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council as regards the requirements applicable to EU fertilising products containing
inhibiting compounds and the post processing of digestate(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 1519: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1519 of 5 May 2022(OJ L 236, 13.9.2022, p. 5).’
Article 2
The text of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1519 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 236, 13.9.2022, p. 5.
* No constitutional requirements indicated.
(2) OJ L, 2023/2233, 9.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2233/oj
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2237/oj 1/1