DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 140/2021

of 23 April 2021

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2024/132]

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) 2020/1498 of 15 October 2020 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance thiophanate-methyl, 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) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1511 of 16 October 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 as regards the extension of the approval periods of the active substances amidosulfuron, bifenox, chlorotoluron, clofentezine, clomazone, cypermethrin, daminozide, deltamethrin, dicamba, difenoconazole, diflufenican, fenoxaprop-P, fenpropidin, fludioxonil, flufenacet, fosthiazate, indoxacarb, lenacil, MCPA, MCPB, nicosulfuron, paraffin oils, picloram, prosulfocarb, sulphur, triflusulfuron and tritosulfuron ( 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 XV of Annex II to the EEA Agreement shall be amended as follows:

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

‘-

32020 R 1498 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1498 of 15 October 2020 ( OJ L 342, 16.10.2020, p. 5 ),

- 32020 R 1511 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1511 of 16 October 2020 ( OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 18 ).’

The following point is inserted after point 13zzzzzzzzzzzf (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1281):

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32020 R 1498 : Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1498 of 15 October 2020 concerning the non-renewal of approval of the active substance thiophanate-methyl, 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 342, 16.10.2020, p. 5 ).’

Article 2

The texts of Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1498 and (EU) 2020/1511 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 24 April 2021, 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, 23 April 2021.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

Clara GANSLANDT

( 1 ) OJ L 342, 16.10.2020, p. 5 .

( 2 ) OJ L 344, 19.10.2020, p. 18 .

( *1 ) No constitutional requirements indicated.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/132/oj

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