25.9.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 257/23

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 62/2008

of 6 June 2008

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 46/2008 of 25 April 2008 (1).

(2)

Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Directive 2006/141/EC repeals Commission Directive 91/321/EEC (3) which is incorporated into the Agreement and is therefore to be repealed under the Agreement.

(4)

This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

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

1.

The text of point 54a (Commission Directive 91/321/EEC) shall be deleted.

2.

The following indent shall be added in point 54w (Commission Directive 1999/21/EC):

‘—

32006 L 0141: Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 (OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1).’

3.

The following shall be inserted after point 54zzzu (Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council):

‘54zzzv.

32006 L 0141: Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC (OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

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

(a)

In Article 11, the following indents shall be added:

—

in Icelandic: “Ungbarnablanda” and “Stoðblanda”,

—

in Norwegian: “morsmelkerstatning” and “tilskuddsblanding”.

(b)

In Article 12, the following indents shall be added:

—

in Icelandic: “Ungbarnamjólk” and “Mjólkurstoðblanda”,

—

in Norwegian: “morsmelkerstatning basert på kumelk” and “tilskuddsblanding basert på kumelk”.’

Article 2

The texts of Directive 2006/141/EC 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 7 June 2008, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (4).

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, 6 June 2008.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Alan SEATTER

(1)  OJ L 223, 21.8.2008, p. 40.

(2)  OJ L 401, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 175, 4.7.1991, p. 35.

(4)  No constitutional requirements indicated.