DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 147/2023

of 13 June 2023

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2023/2544]

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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/315 of 17 December 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 as regards the derogation from the obligation of wholesalers to decommission the unique identifier of medicinal products exported to the United Kingdom ( 1 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

(2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/172 of 24 January 2023 amending Implementing Decision 2012/715/EU as regards the inclusion of Canada in the list of third countries established by that Decision ( 2 ) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

The following indent is added in point 15qb (Commission Implementing Decision 2012/715/EU):

‘-

32023 D 0172 : Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/172 of 24 January 2023 ( OJ L 24, 26.1.2023, p. 37 ).’

The following indent is added in point 15qf (Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161):

‘-

32022 R 0315 : Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/315 of 17 December 2021 ( OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 33 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/315 and Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/172 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 14 June 2023, 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, 13 June 2023.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Nicolas VON LINGEN

( 1 ) OJ L 55, 28.2.2022, p. 33 .

( 2 ) OJ L 24, 26.1.2023, p. 37 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2544/oj

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