11.3.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 62/14

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 127/2009

of 4 December 2009

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Annex II to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 78/2009 of 3 July 2009 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008 of 5 December 2008 concerning a coordinated multiannual Community control programme for 2009, 2010 and 2011 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The following shall be inserted after point 54zzzza (Commission Regulation (EC) No 41/2009) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the Agreement:

‘54zzzzb.

32008 R 1213: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008 of 5 December 2008 concerning a coordinated multiannual Community control programme for 2009, 2010 and 2011 to ensure compliance with maximum levels of and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin (OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 9).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

1.

Article 1 shall be read with the following adaptation:

“During 2009, 2010 and 2011, Iceland may continue to analyse for the same 61 pesticides as monitored in foodstuffs on its market in 2008.”;

2.

the following shall be added in Annex II:

“IS

12 (*)

15 (**)

NO

12 (*)

15 (**)” ’

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008 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 5 December 2009, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (3).

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, 4 December 2009.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Oda Helen SLETNES

(1)  OJ L 277, 22.10.2009, p. 27.

(2)  OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 9.

(3)  No constitutional requirements indicated.