DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 60/2022

of 18 March 2022

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2022/1128]

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 Regulation (EU) 2020/1255 of 7 September 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in traditionally smoked meat and smoked meat products and traditionally smoked fish and smoked fishery products and establishing a maximum level of PAHs in powders of food of plant origin used for the preparation of beverages  ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) This Decision concerns legislation regarding foodstuffs. Legislation regarding foodstuffs shall not apply to Liechtenstein as long as the application of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products is extended to Liechtenstein, as specified in the introduction to Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement. This Decision is therefore not to apply to Liechtenstein.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Point 54zzzz (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006) of Chapter XII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1.

The following indent is added:

‘-

32020 R 1255 : Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1255 of 7 September 2020 ( OJ L 293, 8.9.2020, p. 1 ).’

2.

The text of adaptation (b) shall be replaced by the following:

‘(b)

The following shall be added to the list in paragraph 6 of Article 7:

“-

Iceland: traditionally smoked meat and meat products, where ‘traditionally smoked’ means developing smoke by burning sheep manure, peat, wild wood and/or heath in a smokehouse,

Norway: traditionally smoked ‘eldhusrøykt pinnekjøtt’.”

(c) The following shall be added to the list in paragraph 7 of Article 7:

“-

Iceland: traditionally smoked fish and smoked fishery products where ‘traditionally smoked’ means developing smoke by burning sheep manure, peat, wild wood and/or heath in a smokehouse.””.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) 2020/1255 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 19 March 2022, 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, 18 March 2022.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 )    OJ L 293, 8.9.2020, p. 1 .

( * )   No constitutional requirements indicated.