Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 136/2017 of 7 July 2017 amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement [2019/743]

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/500 of 21 March 2017 on recognition of the ‘Bonsucro EU’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽¹⁾ is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.
Commission Implementing Decision 2011/439/EU⁽²⁾, which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, expired on 9 August 2016 and consequently the reference thereto should be deleted from the EEA Agreement.
Annex II to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The text of point 6ae (Commission Implementing Decision 2011/439/EU) of Chapter XVII of Annex II to the EEA Agreement is replaced by the following:

‘32017 D 0500: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/500 of 21 March 2017 on recognition of the ‘Bonsucro EU’ voluntary scheme for demonstrating compliance with the sustainability criteria under Directive 98/70/EC and 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 76, 22.3.2017, p. 40).’

Article 2

The text of Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/500 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 8 July 2017, 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.