Proposal for a Council Decision on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II of the EEA Agreement

In order to ensure the requisite legal security and homogeneity of the Internal Market, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate all the relevant EU legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after its adoption.

The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee (annexed to the proposed Council Decision) aims to amend Annex II to the EEA Agreement in order to incorporate the following in the EEA Agreement.

More concretely, Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances as well as Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2011 of 8 June 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards labelling requirements for plant protection products.

Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 repeals Directive 91/414/EEC. However, a list of active substances approved according to the provisions of Directive 91/414/EEC shall be deemed to have been approved under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Provisions of Directive also apply to the approval of active substances listed in part B of the Annex to Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 which have been approved in accordance with transitional measures.

The EFTA States consider the need to continue the right to limit the access to the their markets of plant protection products containing active substances approved in accordance with Council Directive 91/414/EEC or the Transitional measures in Article 80 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

Consequently, adaptation texts to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 are necessary.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)351: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:351:FIN

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