2012/442/EU: Council Decision of 24 July 2012 on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

• Articles: 6

Article 1

The position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee on amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 1

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

1.

The text of point 54zzzzb (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1213/2008) shall be deleted.

2.

The following shall be inserted after point 65 (Commission Regulation (EU) No 1171/2011):

‘66.

32011 R 1274 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 of 7 December 2011 concerning a coordinated multiannual control programme of the Union for 2012, 2013 and 2014 to ensure compliance with maximum residue levels of pesticides and to assess the consumer exposure to pesticide residues in and on food of plant and animal origin ( OJ L 325, 8.12.2011, p. 24 ).

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

1.

The following shall be added in Article 1:

“Iceland may for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 continue to sample and analyse for the same 61 pesticides as monitored in foodstuffs on its market in 2011.”

2.

The following shall be added in point 5 of Annex II:

“IS

12 (*)

15 (**)

NO

12 (*)

15 (**)”.’

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Article 2

The text of Regulation (EU) No 1274/2011 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 …, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee  ( *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 .