10.4.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 100/64

DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE

No 139/2007

of 26 October 2007

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 104/2007 of 28 September 2007 (1).

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006 of 19 December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3)

Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006 repeals Commission Directive 2002/69/EC (3), which is incorporated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.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 following point shall be inserted after point 54zzzm (Commission Decision 2006/677/EC):

‘54zzzn.

32006 R 1883: Commission Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006 of 19 December 2006 laying down methods of sampling and analysis for the official control of levels of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs in certain foodstuffs (OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 32).’

2.

The text of point 54zzc (Commission Directive 2002/69/EC) shall be deleted.

Article 2

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1883/2006 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 27 October 2007, 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, 26 October 2007.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Stefán Haukur JÓHANNESSON

(1)  OJ L 47, 21.2.2008, p. 21.

(2)  OJ L 364, 20.12.2006, p. 32.

(3)  OJ L 209, 6.8.2002, p. 5.

(4)  No constitutional requirements indicated.