Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 90/2023 of 28 April 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2245]

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2023/2245 9.11.2023 DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 90/2023 of 28 April 2023 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2245] 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 Regulation (EU) 2022/378 of 4 March 2022amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances abamectin, Bacillus subtilis (Cohn 1872) strain QST 713, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Aizawai strains ABTS-1857 and GC-91, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israeliensis (serotype H-14) strain AM65-52, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strains ABTS 351, PB 54, SA 11, SA12 and EG 2348, Beauveria bassiana strains ATCC 74040 and GHA, clodinafop, Cydia pomonella Granulovirus (CpGV), cyprodinil, dichlorprop-P, fenpyroximate, fosetyl, malathion, mepanipyrim, metconazole, metrafenone, pirimicarb, Pseudomonas chlororaphis strain MA342, pyrimethanil, Pythium oligandrum M1, rimsulfuron, spinosad, Trichoderma asperellum (formerly T. harzianum) strains ICC012, T25 and TV1, Trichoderma atroviride (formerly T. harzianum) strain T11, Trichoderma gamsii (formerly T. viride) strain ICC080, Trichoderma harzianum strains T-22 and ITEM 908, triclopyr, trinexapac, triticonazole and ziram(1)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/383 of 4 March 2022 renewing the approval of the low-risk active substance Metarhizium brunneum strain Ma 43 (formerly Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae strain BIPESCO 5/F52) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011(2)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(3) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/437 of 16 March 2022 renewing the approval of the active substance carbon dioxide in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011(3)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(4) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/501 of 25 March 2022approving the active substance Beauveria bassiana strain 203 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011(4)is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(5) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/686 of 28 April 2022 amending Implementing Regulations

(EU) 2015/1295 and (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the conditions of approval of the active substance sulfoxaflor(5) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(6) Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1) OJ L 72, 7.3.2022, p. 2.

(2) OJ L 76, 7.3.2022, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 89, 17.3.2022, p. 3.

(4) OJ L 102, 30.3.2022, p. 1.

(5) OJ L 126, 29.4.2022, p. 18.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2245/oj 1/3EN OJ L, 9.11.2023

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Chapter XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indents are added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011): ‘— 32022 R 0378: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/378 of 4 March 2022 (OJ L 72, 7.3.2022, p. 2), — 32022 R 0383: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/383 of 4 March 2022 (OJ L 76, 7.3.2022, p. 1), — 32022 R 0437: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/437 of 16 March 2022(OJ L 89, 17.3.2022, p. 3), — 32022 R 0501: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/501 of 25 March 2022(OJ L 102, 30.3.2022, p. 1), — 32022 R 0686: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/686 of 28 April 2022(OJ L 126, 29.4.2022, p. 18).’

2. The following is added in point 13zzzzzh (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1295): ‘, as amended by: — 32022 R 0686: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/686 of 28 April 2022 (OJ L 126, 29.4.2022, p. 18).’

3. The following points are inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzzs (Commission Implementing Regulation

(EU) 2022/1474): ‘13zzzzzzzzzzzzt. 32022 R 0383: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/383 of 4 March 2022renewing the approval of the low-risk active substance Metarhizium brunneum strain Ma 43 (formerly Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae strain BIPESCO 5/F52) in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 76, 7.3.2022, p. 1).

13zzzzzzzzzzzzu. 32022 R 0437: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/437 of 16 March 2022renewing the approval of the active substance carbon dioxide in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 89, 17.3.2022, p. 3).

13zzzzzzzzzzzzv. 32022 R 0501: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/501 of 25 March 2022 approving the active substance Beauveria bassiana strain 203 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 (OJ L 102, 30.3.2022, p. 1).’ Article 2 The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2022/378, (EU) 2022/383, (EU) 2022/437, (EU) 2022/501 and

(EU) 2022/686 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.

2/3 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2245/ojEN OJ L, 9.11.2023 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*.

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 * No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2245/oj 3/3