DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 35/2020

of 20 March 2020

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/349]

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) 2019/989 of 17 June 2019 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance chlorpropham, 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 ( 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

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

The following indent is added in point 13a (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011):

‘—

32019 R 0989 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/989 of 17 June 2019 ( OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 11 ).’

The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzj (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1690):

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32019 R 0989 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/989 of 17 June 2019 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance chlorpropham, 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 160, 18.6.2019, p. 11 ).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/989 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 21 March 2020, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made ( *1 ) .

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, 20 March 2020.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 11 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.