Decision 2023/2509 - EU position concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products Regulation)

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
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Current status

This decision entered into force on November  9, 2023.

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Key information

official title

Council Decision (EU) 2023/2509 of 9 November 2023 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products Regulation)
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2023/2509
Regdoc number ST(2023)13769
Original proposal COM(2023)565 EN
CELEX number1 32023D2509

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Key dates

Document 09-11-2023; Date of adoption
Effect 09-11-2023; Entry into force Date of document See Art 2
End of validity 31-12-9999

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Legislative text

 

Official Journal

of the European Union

EN

Series L

 

 

2023/2509

13.11.2023

COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/2509

of 9 November 2023

on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement (Market Surveillance and Compliance of Products Regulation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 33 and 114 in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the Agreement on the European Economic Area (1), and in particular Article 1(3) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Agreement on the European Economic Area (2) (the ‘EEA Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 1994.

 

(2)

Pursuant to Article 98 of the EEA Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, inter alia, Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement.

 

(3)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) 2021/1121 (4) and (EU) 2022/1267 (5) should be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.

 

(4)

Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.

 

(5)

The position of the Union within the EEA Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft decision,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, within the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to 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 2

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

Done at Brussels, 9 November 2023.

For the Council

The President

  • N. 
    CALVIÑO SANTAMARÍA
 

  • (1) 
    OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.
  • (2) 
    OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3.
  • (3) 
    Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1).
  • (4) 
    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1121 of 8 July 2021 specifying the details of the statistical data to be submitted by the Member States as regards controls on products entering the Union market with regard to product safety and compliance (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 37).
  • (5) 
    Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1267 of 20 July 2022 specifying the procedures for the designation of Union testing facilities for the purposes of market surveillance and verification of product compliance in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 192, 21.7.2022, p. 21).
 

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No …

of …

amending Annex II (Technical regulations, standards, testing and certification) to the EEA Agreement

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)

Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA...


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Original proposal

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