Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 213/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/520]
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 213/2015 of 25 September 2015 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2017/520]
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC(1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 repeals Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and which is consequently to be repealed under the EEA Agreement with effect from 6 months after the publication of the notice referred to in Article 82(3) of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014, but in any event no earlier than 28 May 2016.
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 point is inserted after point 17 (Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566):
32014 R 0536: Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC (OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 1).’;
the text of point 15o (Directive 2001/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be deleted with effect from 6 months after the publication of the notice referred to in Article 82(3) of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014, but in any event no earlier than 28 May 2016.
Article 2
The text of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 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 26 September 2015, 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.